Cirrus@Austlit

'Monet Chases the Light introduces children to the famous French artist and his obsession with capturing light in his paintings.  Monet paints at all times of the day, in all seasons, and in all kinds of weather, chasing the light as it frolics through the fields, dances in the treetops, and skips across the water.  He paints quickly as the light never stays still for long.  Eventually the light comes to rest in Monet’s beautiful waterlily pond.' (Publication summary)

'At bedtime, a small boy checks his bedroom for monsters like Heeby Jeeby, Creepy Critter and the Toe Taster. He looks under his bed, in his cupboard, behind the curtains. Satisfied they are not there he jumps into bed with his teddy bear. Before saying goodnight to his babysitter, she reads him a story about a boy just like him who tames monsters. "I want to be a Big Boss, just like Max in the story," the boy whispers. During sleep the monsters appear. They jiggle and jive with the boy, just like Max in the story his babysitter read. They wiggle their big bottoms and jiggle their jelly bellies, and beat their hairy chests. They howl and yodel and make lots of noise. But who is the big boss? The boy? Or the monsters? And next morning, before school, who is the boss?' (Publication summary)

'It’s there every day if you look for it. The glint of gold. It¹s in the white blossom of our plum tree against a blue sky. Or the sparkles Jack Frost leaves on the drive to school…..A heartwarming story to inspire awareness, gratitude and positive thinking.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Nancy is a clever girl who loves to ride her bike to school as fast as she can go, but Nancy has a problem. She can never stay awake!

"She danced and skipped in stardust,

Blowing kisses to the sun,

It was in dreams, she’d only dreamt,

That she could have such fun."'

Source: Publisher's blurb.