Early One Morning

Join a boy on his hunt for breakfast around the farm in this charming picture book from bestselling author Mem Fox and award-winning illustrator Christine Davenier.

Early one morning on the farm, a boy sets out to find his breakfast. Where could it be? In the tractor? In the haystack? With the sheep? With the ponies . . .? Little readers will delight in the story's guessing game and following the boy on his ramble around the farm.

About the Authors

Mem Fox has written more than 40 books for children, including the bestselling and much-loved picture books Possum Magic and Where is the Green Sheep? Other books by Mem include Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Hunwick’s Egg, Hello Baby!, A Giraffe in the Bath, Koala Lou, Baby Bedtime and Roly Poly. In 2019, The Tiny Star was released to great critical acclaim from the Australian Book Industry, and March 2021 will see the release of another new picture book, Early One Morning.

Mem has been presented with an array of book awards, and was awarded an AM for services to the cultural life of Australia in 1993.

Mem lives in Adelaide and is a retired Associate Professor of Literacy Studies from Flinders University, South Australia.

Christine Davenier is the illustrator of many books for children, including the Iris and Walter series by Elissa Haden Guest and The First Thing My Mama Told Me by Susan Marie Swanson, which was named a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book.