Thursday, September 03, 2009


YOUR MOTHER DIDN’T DO THAT
by Sharon Holt
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock
Walker Books -
AUS RRP $27.95
NZ RRP $29.99

A truly delightful bedtime story for pre-schoolers about the bond between mothers and their babies.

Holly’s dad decides to tell her a bedtime story about the night she was born so Holly asks if she hatched out of an egg like a chicken. Dad tells her if she were a new chick, her mum would have fluffed up her feathers and sat on her to keep her warm. ‘Your mother didn’t do that’. They go through all the animals they can think of until Holly’s dad finally tells her what her mother did do when she was born!
About the author & illustrator
Sharon Holt grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and always dreamed of being a writer. Sharon has worked as a teacher, a journalist and now works as a full-time children’s author.

Brian Lovelock grew up on a dairy farm in New Zealand. He studied chemistry at university and went on to work the power industry -- exploring and developing hot spring regions for geothermal power. He is now a practising fine artist and has only recently ventured into the world of book illustration. Award-winning "Roadworks" was his first picture book. He lives in Auckland with his two children.

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