The Family Hour in Australia

Publisher's synopsis

Cuddle up with someone from your family and visit 15 of Australia’s native animals and their families. Find out what they eat and how they play, where they live and who looks after them. Which family is most like yours?

The Family Hour introduces young children to 15 fascinating Australian animals and their families. It presents unique facts about each animal in a fun and imaginative way. Features: Gouldian finches, Numbats, Kangaroos, Platypus’, Echidnas, Black swans, Frill-necked lizards, Koalas, Weedy seadragons, Eastern spotted quoll, Sugar gliders, Ringtail possums, Tasmanian devils, Corroboree frogs and Hairy-nosed wombats.

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Tai Snaith

Tai Snaith is an artist, writer, curator and mother. She studied sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and has since received numerous funds and awards to create large art projects locally and overseas. Tai has received the Australia Council Tokyo residency and was shortlisted for the Substation Contemporary art prize, the Hutchins works on paper prize, the Manning Prize, the inaugural Kisho Prize at Melbourne Central and was the winner of the Banyule Acquisitive award for works on paper. She is the author of The Family Hour in Australia and Sticks and Stones, Animal Homes.

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Further Details

Author Tai Snaith

Publisher Thames and Hudson

Date of Publication 2012

ISBN 9780500500330

Category Children's Books