Reviewed by Nikki M Heath
Join a toddler as she greets a new day and all the wondrous people, places, and phenomena in her world. A simple rhyming text takes us through the day, focusing on the mundane and the abstract in turn, from a hat and a hose to beloved family members and the changing weather.
From hanging clothes to picking up siblings and sharing a game of hide and seek, the joy of the day-to-day is brought to life. The pencil and watercolour illustrations are colourful but gentle, and the family members each have an impressively well-developed sense of character. That sense of unique personality perhaps doesn’t come through as strongly with the central little girl, who is shown doing all the typical toddler things like banging on pots and pans, dressing up and playing in the garden.
A
multiracial household lends a sprinkle of diversity to what is otherwise a
stereotypical Aussie suburban setting, one that many little people will be able
to relate to in the context of their own day. This is the type of book that
under-3s ask for again and again and will bring a warm ray of sunshine to any
bedtime routine.
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