Amalia’s Father Goes to Australia
Amalia’s father is going to Australia, but Amalia can’t go with him. After he leaves, she is very sad—she doesn’t feel like painting or going out for a walk. And then there’s an unexpected knock on the door. She leaps to her feet, thinking: It’s Dad! But when she opens the door, she sees an amazing creature called the Whipped Cream Man. He turns out to be one of many strange characters that visit her in the next few days, like the Kissing Queen and the Jumpy Kangaroo. They all share happy moments with Amalia and make her forget about her father’s absence for a little while. So the week isn’t as terrible as she’d expected and, at the end, her dad comes back with the scooter he’d promised her!
David Hall’s lovely illustrations are an inseparable part of the plot. If young readers look at the last picture carefully, they’ll discover the mystery of the fantastic visitors. For in that picture, we see the kangaroo tail still glued to her mother’s behind!
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Italian, Spanish
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Spanish
Buenos Aires, Leviathan, forthcoming -
Italian
Milano, Salani, 2019
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| Title | Amalia’s Father Goes to Australia |
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| Writer's Last Name | Nevo |
| Writer's First Name | Eshkol |
| Genre | Children |
| Ages | 3-6 |
| Publisher (Hebrew) | Zmora-Bitan |
| No. Pages | 33pp. |
| Book title - Hebrew (phonetic) | Aba Shel Amalia Noseʹa Le-Ostralia |
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“We can only hope that this promising book by Eshkol Nevo will be the first of a long series by him, together with his books for adults, over many years to come. ”
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“Eshkol Nevo’s tale flows nicely from harsh realism into the fantasy of the world of children, and the illustrations correspond with the text cleverly and humorously. ”
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“A delightful story, marvelously illustrated by David Hall, which on the one hand powerfully conveys the pain and longing entailed by separation from a parent who leaves on a business trip, but also what is to be gained by such a separation. ”