There's an Ouch in My Pouch!
by
Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Gary Parsons
Willaby Wallaby is throwing a wobbly... He’s quite determined he still needs a pouch to live in, but suddenly it’s just too knobbly, wodgy, wedgy and wriggly and so he jumps out.
His grumpiness leads him to seek out alternatives, but those all prove to be just as uncomfortable, or even dangerous, so eventually he runs back to mum, only to discover it’s a new little sister who made the pouch seem so ouch!
Jeanne Willis revels in the language of her rhyming story - alliteration, onomatopaia, assonance – it’s all there to make a wonderful story to join in with, or relish reading aloud.
Large, bright, funny illustrations enhance this engaging aid to learning all about becoming an older sibling.
Publisher: Puffin
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Jeanne Willis
Jeanne wrote her first book when she was five years old and hasn't stopped writing since. She now has over eighty titles to her name, including picture books, novels and television scripts. She has also won numerous awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Silver Smarties Prize. Her teen novel, Naked Without a Hat (Faber) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004. She often takes inspiration from dreams and interesting conversations with strangers.
Jeanne Willis
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