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Mem Fox

Mem Fox
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Mem Fox

Mem Fox is the author of many acclaimed books, including Hattie and the Fox, Time for Bed, Hello Baby!, Two Little Monkeys, the New York Times bestselling Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, as well as the adult title Reading Magic: Why Reading... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Do it now!
Learn more about Mem Fox
My life in 8 words: "Australia Africa England Marriage Motherhood Teaching Writing Reading"
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Tell Me About Your Day Today will be released on September 04, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Two Little Monkeys will be released on May 01, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
Two Little Monkeys is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 01, 2012
Hello Baby! will be released on January 03, 2012 in Board Book, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Hello Baby! is now available in Board Book, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
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Two Little Monkeys
Sep 15, 2011
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Hello Baby!
Jul 29, 2011
Let's Count Goats! will be released on April 19, 2011 in eBook
Apr 19, 2011
Let's Count Goats! is now available in eBook
Apr 19, 2011
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Two Little Monkeys
Mar 12, 2011
Let's Count Goats! is now available in Hardcover
Oct 05, 2010
Let's Count Goats! will be released on October 05, 2010 in Hardcover
Oct 05, 2010
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Hello Baby! has won an award
Jul 30, 2010
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Let's Count Goats!
Apr 21, 2010
News:
Hello Baby! has won an award
Feb 18, 2010
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The Goblin and the Empty Chair has won an award
Nov 20, 2009

Mem Fox Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Do it now! Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. Napoleon: I want to conquer the world! Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Sleeping. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Atticus in Lee Harper's TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Badly brought up, out of control children Learn more about Mem Fox

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School Library Journal, May 16, 2012
...#97 Where Is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (2004) 20 points It was #96 at the last poll.  This year it’s sunk a single digit to #97.  Funny how some...
MySunshineCoast, May 10, 2012
...campaign, and an Australian first, has seen council secure the rights to use images from the much loved Mem Fox book ‘Where is the Green Sheep?’ on the front of the new Kids Only Library Card. “The new personalised colourful library card will be...
Telegraph, May 4, 2012
...Brown and Clement Hurd (Macmillan). A perfectly soporific bedtime story. Ditto the following. 18 Time for Bed by Mem Fox and Jane Dyer (Houghton Mifflin). You’ll read these books so many times, it’s important to have more than one. 19 Operation...
Branford Patch, April 27, 2012
...play that was a culmination of Week of the Young Child and One Book One Town's read: Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. We've started the gallery with a few pics, but would love to see yours, too! Add them by clicking on the Upload Photos and...
Branford Patch, April 26, 2012
...Town as part of the Week of the Young Child . The chosen book for One Book/One Town is Mem Fox's "Whoever You Are."  Add your photo and your favorite read to the gallery!...
The Atlantic Wire, April 26, 2012
...1990 book that shows different kinds of families playing games with their babies; and  Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, which "celebrates the differences of people from all around the world." Personally, as a child growing up and reading in the '80s, I...
Bayside Leader, April 19, 2012
...Bayside resident Lucy Rechnitzer and her baby, Ruby, with their copy of Mem Fox's book at Sandringham Hospital. PIC: VALERIU CAMPAN NEW mums will discover early the joys of reading to baby, thanks to a great Rotary idea. Hampton and Sandringham Rotary...
Telegraph, May 4, 2012
...Brown and Clement Hurd (Macmillan). A perfectly soporific bedtime story. Ditto the following. 18 Time for Bed by Mem Fox and Jane Dyer (Houghton Mifflin). You’ll read these books so many times, it’s important to have more than one. 19 Operation...
KPC News, April 29, 2012
...illustrated folk tales. I love Daniel San Souci’s “North Country Night.” I love “Time For Bed” by Mem Fox, one of my former professors. Along with my second graders, I love “The Magic Tree House” stories starring Jack and Annie, the Junie...
Branford Patch, April 27, 2012
...play that was a culmination of Week of the Young Child and One Book One Town's read: Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. We've started the gallery with a few pics, but would love to see yours, too! Add them by clicking on the Upload Photos and...
Branford Patch, April 26, 2012
...Town as part of the Week of the Young Child . The chosen book for One Book/One Town is Mem Fox's "Whoever You Are."  Add your photo and your favorite read to the gallery!...
The Atlantic Wire, April 26, 2012
...1990 book that shows different kinds of families playing games with their babies; and  Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, which "celebrates the differences of people from all around the world." Personally, as a child growing up and reading in the '80s, I...
Branford Patch, April 26, 2012
...Town as part of the Week of the Young Child. The chosen book for One Book/One Town is Mem Fox's Whoever You Are.  Check back throughout the day the day for more pics! Still not getting enough Patch Love? Here’s how to join us during the...
Branford Patch, April 23, 2012
...the Week of the Young Child and kicks off events with One Book/One Town where 800 copies of Mem Fox’s "Whoever You Are" will be available to students. Tonight at the library, Branford Superintendent Hamlet Hernandez will read the book to all ....