Relatable to all I’m sure, this fun song made story explores the experience of a family with a dad who snores. My dad snores, Does yours? What does he sound like? A bus, a train, maybe even a snake? And what can this family do to escape his slumbering sounds which leave them sleepless but wide eyed? He gets a kick from mum and a peg on his nose, but nothing seems to work.
A fabulous new verse and illustrations combine to show the family’s clever solution. I love how the illustrations give the original song life and expand the story; they are filled with movement, emotion and give a great feel for the Australian environment through colour and features such as flapping galahs, dangling gum leaves and cheeky characters including an echidna in a washing basket.
With rhythm, rhyme and repetition, this book will encourage engagement and a good-humoured laugh at those who snore.
John Williamson is an iconic Austraian country and folk singer-songwriter, Christmas in Australia is another of his classic songs brought to live in a picture book. Peter Carnavas is an award winning author illustrator with many books including A Quiet Girl, The Children Who Loved Books and Jessica’s Box.
Title: My Dad Snores
Author: John Williamson
Illustrator: Peter Carnavas
Publisher: Penguin Random House, $19.99
Publication Date: 6 August 2019
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780143793793
For ages: 6 – 8
Type: Picture Book
