A heartwarming picture book about community, sustainability and how one neighbour’s rubbish is another’s treasure.
Ella’s house is full of useless things! Bricks and boxes and plant pots and shoes and more. So it’s time for Ella and her dad to head to the tip with all the things that are old and broken, too big, or too small, or too something-else-altogether. But who knew? Those holey blankets are just what Mrs Esposito needs and the rusty tricycle is perfect for Mr Montgomery. Will they have anything useless left by the time they reach the tip?
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Meg McKinlay, the award-winning author of Surface Tension, divides her time between teaching and writing, a balance that swings wildly between chaos and calm. She lives near the ocean in Fremantle, Australia. Visit Meg at www.megmckinlay.com and on Twitter @MegMcKinlay
More about Meg McKinlayKaren Blair made her first picture book when she was nine, for a school project, and by the time she was in her 20s (and living in the UK) she knew it was her dream to continue. Baby Beats is her third book with Walker and is a companion title to Baby Animal Farm (2012). Karen now lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with her husband and two cats and works
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