![]() ![]() Through it all, the author/artist's childlike sensibilities keep the pace lively. Lester's fond remembrances contain dollops of humor and tenderness, and a wealth of information about farm life can be inferred. Children will likely be fascinated by the different seasons Down Under. Australian autumn brought new calves, rainstorms and mushrooms after a winter spent doing chores, springtime marked the season for ``tadpoling and fishing expeditions'' as well as baling hay. Summer days, she reports, were filled with driving ``mobs'' of cattle, picking blackberries and, perhaps, taking a swim. As narrator, Lester also lets readers in on some more personal matters-such as her longing for a new pony or her attempts to become famous. Family members are introduced up front the reader then follows the various characters through the ups and downs of one year. Lester ( Imagine Isabella's Bed ) opens the barn door, as it were, upon her recollections of life on the Australian farm where she grew up. ![]()
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