The Australian Women's Weekly

Children and young adult

A Christmas Present for Roo by Sophie Sayle, Lothian

Christmas Eve and bush babies are gathering gifts. Echidna still hasn’t found a gift for Roo. While she searches she makes herself a crown of colourful flowers. By the morning it’s much too big, but Roo thinks it’s beautiful! Adorable illustrations by Daron Parton.

Little Treasure by Chanelle Gosper, Hachette

A mother and her daughter go beachcombing on a windy day. “Inside the small ball of your hands, I see your treasure.” Illustrator Jennifer Goldsmith’s tender depictions of

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