Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Briony Stewart, Puffin, $19.99.
Magoo is a cheeky pup who gets up to all sorts of mischief. Try finding him in the pictures to discover what he’s been up to.
It’s a delightful story with a ton of instant appeal and perfect energy for the pre-school age group. It has kid-friendly rounded corners and is a joyous rhyming romp of a book for very young children.
A companion book to the acclaimed We Love You, Magoo, this story has an interactive seek-and-find element and children will love seeing where Magoo has gone and what he has been up to. Pre-schoolers will enjoy to playing hide-and-seek with Magoo!
Internationally published author and illustrator of several award-winning books for children, Briony Stewart is born in Perth, Western Australia. Her first book, Kumiko and the Dragon, went on to win an Aurealis award for Children’s short fiction in 2008. Passionate about fostering creativity in Australian children, another book by Stewart – Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers – won the 2012 Queensland Literary Prize for Children’s Fiction.