![]() ![]() Denton uses cartoon balloons and large letters to show the simultaneous action. At last, Lily finally wakes up to answer the door, where a veritable mob waits to wish her a happy 90th birthday. ![]() While Lily dozes in front of the fire, Butch Aggie becomes increasingly concerned by the sounds of cars, voices, knocking and shouts. In Night Noises, elderly Lilly Laceby lives with her fat old dog Butch Aggie. Lofts's colored-pencil drawings portray the Australian flora and fauna beautifully, including a few of the more exotic species. She sets out to win the Bush Olympics as a way to gain her mother's attention. She often tells her daughter, "Koala Lou, I DO love you." As the family grows and her mother gets busier, Koala Lou yearns to hear those words again. Koala Lou is loved by everyone, but it is her mother who loves her most of all. Fox's two new books join Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge as perfect examples of why the Australian writer has become one of today's top authors of children's books. ![]()
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