Mem Fox
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1) List all the story books you can remember reading or being read to you when you were younger. What were your favourites? What did you like about them? Was it the stories, the characters, the setting, the illustrations, or something else?
2) Why did it take Mem Fox five years to write ‘Possum Magic’?
3) What are some of the important influences on her writing?
4) What sort of things does Mem Fox do in her writing to make sure children are spellbound by the reading of her book?
5) Listen to Mem Fox read the opening paragraphs of ‘Possum Magic’ again. What do you notice about the language as she reads? Think about the choice of words and the rhymes.