![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When ChickPea was born, Pud did a big book clean up in her room and gifted all the board books to ‘the baby’. The cupcakes were not particularly difficult at all, the possum heads were a little fiddly but were really just a Friday night in front of ABC crime with some fondant – woo hoo! PudStar asked for Possum Magic cupcakes for her fifth birthday – we have read her this book from birth, and I hope that like myself, she one day knows the story word for word. I’ve spoken before about what makes a book a classic, and ’Possum Magic’ ticks every box. ![]() ‘Possum Magic’ is timeless and ageless, and a story which will be enjoyed by generations of children to come. The text by Mem Fox is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful read aloud texts ever written, and the illustrations by Julie Vivas catapult the entire production into the realms of book greatness. I know this book word for word – having been read it as a child, performed it as a play at university, as a storytelling at ‘Out of the Box’ and having read it as a teacher, then teacher librarian then mother…I have surely recited this book hundreds of times. Though I now have it big book format, board book format and anniversary format – my original copy is the edition I most enjoy reading from. ‘Possum Magic’ was first published in 1983, and I still have my original copy from my childhood. Once upon a time, but not very long ago, deep in the Australian bush, there lived two possums. ![]()
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