Puffin, 2019. ISBN: 9780143789079.
(Age: 10+) Highly recommended. Themes: Bushfire, Victoria, Survival,
Disaster. Justin D'Ath lost his house and possessions in the fatal
bushfire now known as Black Saturday which tore through Victoria in
January 2009.
He has recreated this appalling event with incredible clarity and
tells the story through the eyes of Zeelie, a twelve year old
working with her father to try and save their house and land. Stay
and Defend is his catch cry and he has many things in place to help
him do that but when the wind changes direction and the temperature
climbs to 47, the fire comes without warning forcing them to leave.
All morning we see Dan attaching pipes, setting up the generator,
cleaning gutters and clearing the area around the house. Zeelie
helps but is concerned for her horse and dogs as well as her mother
and brother, gone to Melbourne to the emergency hospital after he
fell and hurt his arm. Leaving her mobile at home they cannot talk
to her, and when the networks fall over all contact is gone. Power
outages means Dan and Zeelie must rely on the few people they meet
on the road for information.
The absolute chaos of the day is well told, bringing the readers
into the fear, flames and smell of the day, the smoke making their
view of the surrounds impossible, police blocking their way as the
roads are now impassable, and not knowing where mum and her brother
are. The fear is palpable.
Leaving their home and Zeelie's horse, they end up at Yea with loads
of other people they do not know, refugees in their own community.
They are surprised at the generosity of the people of Yea, and when
the army turns up to erect a tent city, they find their family.
D'Ath enfolds us all in the gravity of the day; we yearn with Zeelie
the need for news of her mother and brother, hoping they did not
leave the city to try and get home, we ache for her horse left
behind, scan the faces of those milling on the Yea oval, hoping for
news of their homes. A map at the beginning of the book shows the
reader just how close to Melbourne the fires raged, and an afterword
gives us more information about what happened. Dan's fire plan, like
D'Ath's, prepared for a fire event, but nothing prepared anyone for
that day, with those temperatures and winds.
In this the tenth anniversary of Black Saturday this cautionary
tale, will impel readers look at their own fire plans, making sure
there is an escape route wherever they are.
Fran Knight
Two can keep a secret by Karen M. McManus
Penguin Books, 2019. ISBN: 9780141375656.
(Age: 15+) Recommended. Themes: Mystery, Diversity. McManus shows a
masterly hand at the mystery genre with this easy to read, dark tale
of secrets in a small town. Ellery and her twin brother Ezra return
to Echo Ridge to live with their grandmother, after their mother was
sent to rehab for driving into a jewellery shop. It is the town
where their aunt went missing years ago and where a Homecoming Queen
was murdered. No one knows what happened to these girls and it has
affected everyone in the town, especially Malcolm whose older
brother was the prime suspect. When his brother returns to town and
another girl disappears Ellery and Malcolm know that they have to
unravel the secrets in the town.
This is a gripping murder mystery which kept me guessing until the
end about who committed the murders and what the motivation could
possibly be. Narrated in two voices, that of Ellery and Malcolm, the
author gradually informs the reader about the past mysteries, while
increasing the tension about the present disappearance and who might
be behind it.
Fans of McManus' first book One of
us is lying and fans of the mystery genre like me will find
much to love about this book. The suspense builds up very
effectively, there are some very scary moments, the characters
portrayed are believable and the tension lasts until the very end.
Pat Pledger
The dog runner by Bren MacDibble
Allen and Unwin, 2018. ISBN 9781760523572.
(Age: Middle school) Highly recommended. Themes: Dystopia, Future,
Global warming, Climate change, Survival. In a bleak future where
the earth has run out of food and people are starving, Emery and his
little sister, Ella, hook their five dogs to a home made cart, like
a sled on wheels and set off for his mother's place where they
expect to be safe. Avoiding roads and other people, hiding when they
hear the approach of cars or bikes, they stumble on through the
heat, stopping to water the dogs and open another tin of fish, their
only food source. At a farm miles from the city a couple gives them
fruit and potatoes, but returning the next morning they find them
dead and their house burnt to the ground.
Their haste to leave sees them shot at by bikers and Emery is hit.
Ella gets away taking a gun with her and goes back to find Emery.
She hauls her wounded brother onto the cart and with the remaining
four dogs gets as far away as possible. Next day Wolf returns but
stays away from the group until Ella notices that the bikers have
put a tracker on him.
Once again they move off in a hurry determined to ride the next two
hundred kilometres before they are found. But one night the bikers
return and it is when Ella hears her mother's voice that she
realises that they are looking for them. But Mum is a captive of
these men and in helping them escape their clutches, leaves them
again to search for her husband.
This is a an exciting, heart in the mouth read as the two young
people try to find a place of refuge. Besieged by the ravages of
climate change, the novel could be about any refugee: fleeing war,
or violence or abuse or weather event - the impulse is the same, to
find shelter, a place where you feel safe. The cautionary tale
behind the survival story of Ella and Emery, that of the results of
our society, bent on using everything on the planet despite the
warnings, is made very real with its paddocks of brown earth where
crops once stood, walls between suburbs, suspicion and wariness,
reliance on guns and groups only out for themselves.
This novel would be a great class novel as it lends itself to a
range of discussion points with classes: refugees, cities, survival,
climate change, seed banks, over cropping, dogs and family.
Fran Knight
Through the smoke by Phil Cummings
Ill. by Andrew McLean. Scholastic Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781760274702.
(Age: 4+) Highly recommended. Themes: Fire, Survival, Firefighters.
Three children play on a hot blustery day; the wind feels like
dragon's breath. They roam the paddocks around their home, waving
their swords, making their way through the wheat fields to their
castle, Everdell, a cave in the riverbank. Here they continue their
game, watching the cockies screech overhead, splashing water at each
other, jousting and playing with their swords. But as they play the
sleeping dragon wakes and they become aware that the wind and smoke
has intensified, the dragon roaring around them. Riley panics and
the older brother takes both their hands racing back to their cave,
a measure of safety. Here they sit surrounded by the wind and the
fire, and just when the branch of the nearby tree seems to want to
fall, out of the smoke voices can be heard and a fire engine and
group of firefighters arrive. These knights use their sabres of
water to fight the dragon, and push him back. The children are
saved.
Phil Cummings surrounds his story of children trapped in a firestorm
with the metaphor of playing at knights and castles: each of his
wonderfully evocative textual images parallels the games that the
children play: castles and knights, dragons and swords, and when the
fire appears, a dragon wakes, stalking them across the wheat fields.
The arrival of the firefighters continues this image; they are
knights rescuing the children from an ancient scourge.
This imagery is paralleled in McLean's equally evocative watercolour
and charcoal illustrations. With end papers full of smoke, McLean
builds the approaching bushfire from the first pages; the dragon's
claws on the cliff wall, the dusty, blustery wind giving the nod to
the approaching bushfire. When it arrives, his illustrations take on
the colour, swirl, heat and fear that a bushfire evokes, ensuring
the readers will understand how the children are feeling. They will
sweat with them in their hidey hole, all too aware that some people
do not survive these events.
Phil Cummings wrote this story when he was unable to leave his house
for several days during the Sampson Flat bushfires, north of
Adelaide, in January 2015.
He recreates the fear that fire engenders, making it accessible to
younger readers as they play with the trio on the pages, and then
shelter with them as they are surrounded by fire.
His book's dedication to the firefighters tells of the service these
men and women do in our communities, eliciting our gratitude.
Fran Knight
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
Hodder Children's Books, 2019. ISBN: 9781444940459.
(Age: 12+) Highly recommended. Themes: Adventure, Coming of age,
Survival, Alaska, Family relations, Dance. The blurb says it all, to
add to it would include spoilers: It starts with a plane crash.
There are survivors: a teenage girl and her little brother. They
are running from something. But what?
Then the men arrive. They are hunting the girl and boy. And -
And that's all we can tell you . . . (Publisher) Nowhere on earth is an exciting page turner which will
engross any fan of the survival genre as Emily, her brother Aidan
and the pilot Bob, try to overcome the perils of the cold in Alaska
after their plane crash. The big question for the reader is: why are
they being chased by men in black who are hunting them with guns?
Readers will love the action and adventure - it's another book that
would make a fantastic movie. Emily is a wonderful heroine who
manages to survive using the skills that her parents have given her,
even though they are ones that she didn't want - all she wanted was
to dance. The novel is not just a survival story, though; it
explores some big philosophical questions like the nature of love in
families and the future being what an individual makes of it.
Between the adrenaline rushes of the chase there are poignant
moments especially when Emily's parents track her down in the
wilderness and she realises how much they love her.
Readers who liked Not If
I Save You First by Ally Carter will enjoy this.
Pat Pledger
Black cockatoo by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Magabala Books, 2018. ISBN 9781925360707.
(Age: 10+) Highly recommended. Themes: Aboriginal themes, Kimberley,
Cockatoos, Rite of passage, Growing up. When thirteen year old Mia
rescues a black cockatoo injured by her brother's slingshot, she is
at a loss to stand up to him. But determined to help the wounded
bird, her totem, a dirrarn, she hides it in her room and goes to a
neighbour's house to borrow a birdcage. She puts this in a safe
place in her back yard and feeds and waters it. But she must still
protect it from her brother and his friends, a group of young teens
distancing themselves from the family.
But as the story unfolds Mia develops some strength of purpose,
wanting to protect the bird and see it fly, and aware all the time
that she must defend it against her brother which goes against the
customs of her community where she must defer to him.
She develops skills through the stories told by her family, her
mother, grandmother and aunts who come to the house, and one night
dreams of flying. She realises that she must let the bird free to
live again, just as she must learn to be strong.
I loved this little book, redolent of customs and way of life of
people living in the Kimberley. In the background we see the way the
family helps all of its members, and when the teenage boys are
becoming too cheeky, they are taken off by the older men to become
men in the bush. Incidental stories around the kitchen table tell of
the stolen generations, of land taken away, of families disjointed,
but overwhelmingly the spirit is of the future, of strength of
purpose, of families being together and of finding your voice.
The illustrations by David Leffler add a wonderful layer of interest
and appeal, and the glossary at the end of the book is most useful.
Teacher's
notes are available.
Fran Knight
A Darkest Minds collection: Through the dark by Alexandra Bracken
HarperCollins 2019. ISBN 9781460756447.
(Age: 15+) Highly recommended. Consisting of three novellas, Through
the dark, portrays the world of Darkest Minds by focusing on a
set of fringe characters including Zu, Sam, Lucas, and Mia. In time follows a would-be skip-tracer as he searches for his
first 'freak'. Stumbling into a trap set by other bounty-hunters, he
comes across Zu, a mute girl whose expressions more than make up for
her lack of speech. She's a yellow - dangerous but not as dangerous
as a red. To qualify as a skip-tracer and claim her bounty he needs
to reach a collection point, however, he's not a skip tracer yet and
how can he be sure that this 'thing' isn't human? Sparks rise follows Sam's imprisonment at Thurmond. As a
green she has a certain amount of freedom, her memory hasn't
manifested as a direct threat but that doesn't mean her independent
streak is hidden. Targeted by a PSF it is only chance that reunites
her with her childhood best friend, Lucas, a red who happened to
resist their training. Lucas is looking for his sister but with Sam
in Thurmond, his plans must adapt. Beyond the night follows Sam and Mia as they face one of the
biggest challenges of their lives. Lucas gave everything for them
and now it is time to reward that sacrifice. Could they save Lucas
from the limbo his life is held in?
Interrogating the system and the aftermath of Darkest Minds, Through
the dark is a very down-to-earth portrayal of dystopia.
Without sugar-coating outcomes, this collection presents realistic
and torturous endings. Bracken's characterisation is impressive,
presenting believable characters in bizarre dystopian situations. I
would highly recommend to fans of the series and fans of the
dystopian genre.
Kayla Gaskell
A Darkest Minds collection: Through the dark by Alexandra Bracken
HarperCollins 2019. ISBN 9781460756447.
(Age: 15+) Highly recommended. Consisting of three novellas, Through
the dark, portrays the world of Darkest Minds by focusing on a
set of fringe characters including Zu, Sam, Lucas, and Mia. In time follows a would-be skip-tracer as he searches for his
first 'freak'. Stumbling into a trap set by other bounty-hunters, he
comes across Zu, a mute girl whose expressions more than make up for
her lack of speech. She's a yellow - dangerous but not as dangerous
as a red. To qualify as a skip-tracer and claim her bounty he needs
to reach a collection point, however, he's not a skip tracer yet and
how can he be sure that this 'thing' isn't human? Sparks rise follows Sam's imprisonment at Thurmond. As a
green she has a certain amount of freedom, her memory hasn't
manifested as a direct threat but that doesn't mean her independent
streak is hidden. Targeted by a PSF it is only chance that reunites
her with her childhood best friend, Lucas, a red who happened to
resist their training. Lucas is looking for his sister but with Sam
in Thurmond, his plans must adapt. Beyond the night follows Sam and Mia as they face one of the
biggest challenges of their lives. Lucas gave everything for them
and now it is time to reward that sacrifice. Could they save Lucas
from the limbo his life is held in?
Interrogating the system and the aftermath of Darkest Minds, Through
the dark is a very down-to-earth portrayal of dystopia.
Without sugar-coating outcomes, this collection presents realistic
and torturous endings. Bracken's characterisation is impressive,
presenting believable characters in bizarre dystopian situations. I
would highly recommend to fans of the series and fans of the
dystopian genre.
Kayla Gaskell
Rise: the Sam Thaiday story by Sam Thaiday with James Colley
Penguin Random House, 2019. ISBN 9780143790419.
(Age: 11+) Recommended. Sam Thaiday's autobiography will be a
favourite from middle school to lower secondary, given his own
popularity and the popularity of the Brisbane Bronco's in the NRL.
There are a few surprises, beginning with the fact that Thaiday was
actually born in Sydney!
Whilst basically a travelogue of match highlights during his 16 year
career in the Broncos and in representational footy, it shouldn't be
the only source chosen if needing material for a biography
assignment. Rightly or wrongly, there are apparently no negatives
about the NRL, referees, coaches, players, fans or the media in
Sam's fairytale. However, aimed at younger readers, that isn't
surprising.
Thaiday does push the message that hard work will be rewarded and is
proud of his long term contributions to both State of Origin and
international football teams. He is very much a team player and does
not count himself among the NRL greats, Lockyer, Smith and Thurston,
whom he rates as the legends of his era.
While he is clearly remorseful, it is a shame that he supplies no
context for one 'storm cloud' in 2017, nor mentions being officially
stripped of an ambassadorship for indigenous health. Without a
little backstory regarding 'a community' he offended, followed by
platitudes about thinking first, acknowledging hurt and doing your
best to make it right, we can't share this life lesson meaningfully.
While Thaiday need not have divulged the contents of an offensive
joke told on national television, he could have stated that he told
a racist joke and this misjudgement cost him a new opportunity and
the respect of the community - at least temporarily. Ironically,
humour is his strength. His self-depreciating recounts add to our
enjoyment of the book. Thaiday's first Origin try is typical of this
endearing Queensland Rugby League identity: Now, looking back, you'd think that a lot of the credit for this
one should probably go to Johnathan Thurston. He was the one who
met the opposition fullback as he was returning a kick into his
corner. He was the one who stripped the ball like a pickpocket and
put it onto my chest with five metres to run and daylight between
me and the posts. But really, it was my idea to run those five
metres and score, so we both deserve credit, I reckon.
No school library in the Eastern states would be complete without
this paperback autobiography complete with glossy photos and a Fast
Facts section.
Deborah Robins
Emily Green's garden by Penny Harrison
Ill. by Megan Forward. New Frontier Publishing, 2019. ISBN
9781925594249.
(Age: 4+) Recommended. Themes: Gardens. City life. Neighbours. Emily
Green lives in a perfectly neat and tidy home, where her parents
scrub and polish, dust and clean. Everyone joins in cleaning the
house from top to toe, not a speck out of place. But one day Emily
spies a green shoot in the pavement outside and this sparks an idea
within her. She collects books from the library, reading up on
plants. She carefully lifts the little seedling from the pavement
and puts it into a pot and takes it indoors to her perfectly neat
house. Her parents are delighted, and she sews more seeds and plants
in the back garden, as well as tending to the pot plants
inside.
But it becomes messy, there are plants all over the place and dirt
on the floor, the neighbours complain about the worms and insects
they find in their homes. Emily's parents decide that the plants
must go, but in looking out of the window, Emily has an idea.
A gentle story of life in the inner city, where people are so
obsessed with work and the cleanliness of their homes that they
forget about neighbourliness and plant life. Emily helps bring the
neighbours together in this charming tale of getting your hands
dirty.
The watercolour illustrations reveal a cheeky young girl going
along with her parents' conformity until she discovers a little of
the outside world in a small shoot finding its way through the
pavement. As the story progresses she loses her neat frock and tidy
hair, becoming a messy individual with overalls, and boots and wild
hair, holding gardening equipment and surrounded by plants. I love
the contrasting views of Emily's street at the beginning and end of
the book, inviting kids to comment and look at ways of greening
their communities wherever they are.
Fran Knight
Muhammad Ali by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Ill. by Brosmind. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2018. ISBN
9781786037336.
(Age: 5+) Recommended. Themes: Muhammad Ali. Boxing. Ambition. One
of a series called Little people, big dreams this little
book about Muhammad Ali will intrigue younger readers to find out
more about this man. The series aims to show that great scientists,
thinkers, artists, designers and sports people all began as a child
with a dream. And Muhammad was no different. Born in Kentucky in
1942, he began fighting when his new bike was stolen and the police
officer invited him to join his boxing classes suggesting that he
needed to be able to box if he wished to deal with the thief.
Beginning his training at 12 years old, by 18 he won the gold medal
in the light heavyweight division at the Rome Olympics. From there
he won major events but when conscripted to go to Vietnam, he
refused and was banned from boxing for three years. Returning he
kept winning and was the first man to win the heavyweight belt three
times. He was involved in many charities, taking seriously the
Islamic duty of charity, and fought for the end of racial
discrimination.
Told in brief pared back sentences, the factual information
will impel readers to look further, wanting to find out more about
this man who had such an impact upon the twentieth century as a
boxer, black activist, philanthropist and sportsman. His sayings
have become part of our language and his images are recognised the
world over.
Accompanying the brief text are similarly simplified images showing
the young Cassius Clay and his family, his training and winning the
gold medal, on to his conversion to Islam, awards he won and
charitable work pursued in the latter years of his life. The
illustrations clearly show his strength as a boxer and latterly his
physical deterioration, raising awareness amongst the readers of
brain damage that result from concussion. The last two pages of the
book give a complete list of all the books in this series, while the
pages before give a written account of his life.
Fran Knight
You make me happy by Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Ill. by Alison Brown. Bloomsbury, 2019. ISBN 9781408878958.
(Age: 3-5) Themes: Happiness. Wellbeing. Friendship. You make me
happy, you make me new. Together there's NOTHING that we cannot
do.
Fox and Porcupine celebrate their friendship and happiness in this
joyful rhyming picture book. They love dancing and singing in the
grassy forest meadow, splashing in the cool stream watching the blue
birds in flight. Fox surprises his friend with a birthday cake on a
sunshiny day. Finding fun in the simple things, Porcupine decorates
his quills with leaves and flowers while his buddy wears twig and
flower antlers. As the seasons pass, as night-time turns to day, we
see the friends exploring their environment and sharing in simple
pleasures.
Smriti Prasadam-Halls' simple rhymes capture the fun and joy, the
simple pleasures these two friends experience. 'You make me happy'
is the echoing refrain, she uses relatable settings, and upbeat
phrases to describe Fox and Porcupine's experiences.
Alison Brown's whimsical pictures are filled with colour and light.
She captures the characters' feelings, and their joy dancing,
climbing trees, holding hands, hugging and playing in autumn leaves.
The author promotes emotional wellbeing and encourages healthy minds
and bodies in this gentle picture book, just right for sharing with
a young family or kindergarten children.
Rhyllis Bignell
The house on the mountain by Ella Holcombe
Ill. by David Cox. Allen and Unwin, 2019. ISBN: 9781760636968.
(Age: all) Highly recommended. Themes: Fire, Disaster. A family
living at the top of the mountain swelters under the heat of summer.
Mum closes the windows and pulls the curtains across but outside is
just the same as inside. The fan blows hot air around, but during
the night with the radio turned up, the phone rings and Mum says
they must all get out, a fire is coming.
The year is 2009 and the place is near Kinglake in Victoria, the
scene of one of the worst fires in Australia, killing 173 people,
along with thousands of hectares of farms as well as towns, pets and
livestock. The day is now known as Black Saturday and Ella
Holcombe's parents were killed in that fire.
Presenting a picture book about the fire and its devastation,
Holcombe sidesteps the tragedy of her family's loss instead making
her story about a family which survives, revealing the same
heartache and loss that she suffered but within the scope of a
picture book. In this way she makes her story universal, able to be
discussed by younger readers who will glean lessons from that
fires, and recognise strategies they can use. McLean's images swirl
around the family, intensifying the feeling of destruction that fire
brings. Overwhelming heat, relentless wind, and darkness envelop the
family as it flees the fire, learning several days later that their
house is gone.
They get to the community centre in their local town, there to be
safe, and eventually go to live with their gran who lives at the
base of the mountain, until it is safe to return to their house
block. There they set up two caravans determined to rebuild, and
watch in awe as the bush regrows and friends come to help.
A story of confidence in the future, of survival, of rebuilding and
regrowth, the story does not dwell on loss, but it is in the
background with some children not returning, of photos of those who
died in the school hallways, and homes and animals destroyed.
MacLean's atmospheric illustrations reflect the awe filled nightmare
of those days, the blacked out sun, needing the car lights on going
down the mountain, the black outlines of the trees, the smoke and
flames, all drawn with a still, hazy fuzziness. He perfectly
captures the fear of groups of people, the family, their longing to
get back, and those who offer support.
It is ten years since this appalling fire, and children will rad the
book with a heightened knowledge that fire is an ever present
danger, its prevalence increasing through climate change, and be
aware that plans must be in place for people to remain safe. An
opportunity is here for adults to rehearse their fire plan with
children, and bring their attention to strategies to keep them safe,
while reading a story which shows the devastation fire brings and
the long slow process of rebirth and recovery.
Fran Knight
Zelda Stitch: Term two: too much witch by Nicki Greenberg
Zelda Stitch. Allen and Unwin, 2017. ISBN: 9781760523671.
(Age: Year 3 - Year 6) Recommended. Zelda Stitch started her career
as a primary school teacher in the first of this series: Cursed
first term of Zelda Stitch : bad teacher, worse witch
(2017). This is another fast paced and fun story told in the first
person, as we follow Zelda's ups and downs. We see the world through
her eyes and make the same assumptions as she does about what is
happening magically in the school but all is not as it seems. She
must keep her secret hidden of course, and only just manages this in
the first book, but in the second, she finds there is a young,
insecure witchling hiding within her class, and must protect her
from the vice principal on the prowl. A coming camp means more
pressure for our hero, and her cat Barnaby does not makes things
easier.
The pages are peppered with Nicki's quirky black and white
illustrations. The bright cover appeals with the harassed looking
Zelda and grumpy Barnaby staring out at the reader, suggesting
things are not going very well at all!
Recommended to primary school students, years 3 to 6, who will watch
out for new stories in this series eagerly.
Fran Knight
We eat bananas by Katie Abey
Bloomsbury, 2019. ISBN: 9781408899212.
(Age: 2-5) Recommended. Themes: Eating, Fruit and Vegetables, Food.
Flamboyant graphic designer, author and illustrator Katie Abey
returns with her animal menagerie to champion an array of food from
bananas, to pancakes, pasta and peas, beans and greens. She asks her
young readers to explore each page, finding foods they like to eat
and having fun with the crazy animals' antics.
Over twelve colourful spreads, each animal is observed having heaps
of fun, the koala in the wheelchair enjoys banana muffins, green
smoothies and broccoli soup. Baby elephant squirts pumpkin soup on
snake, while on another page alligator bounces up on the trampoline
feeding the giraffe in scarves spoonfuls of tomato soup. Delicious
food is cooked and eaten in a variety of colourful places,
creatively worn as shoes or clothes, there's even a llama dressed as
a lemon! The mandrill's brightly coloured butt stands out, as he
twirls his spaghetti and jumps out of a bright coloured birthday
cake.
Toddlers and pre-schoolers will enjoy exploring each page, chatting
about their favourite foods and following different animals' food
choices and actions throughout. Watch out for the cheeky monkey who
stands out from the crowd. How many ice-creams, who has pooed, who's
skipping with spaghetti? There's so much to investigate! With speech
bubbles filled with questions and fun comments, text placed all
around the illustrations and a bold array of brightly coloured
animals We eat bananas is an amusing picture book to share.
Diet, nutrition and tools like the traffic light system of healthy
eating can be linked to the sharing Abey's story with kindergarten,
childcare and preschool children.
Rhyllis Bignell
