On the road again…
I said in my first What’s Up? that at the moment nothing much occurs in my life apart from being a grandmother. That’s not quite […]
read hereThe Folly of Jolly Old Phonics
A phonics tale of three children(with morals for teachers of reading) © Mem Fox 2008 This piece was presented at a conference of Auckland principals in […]
read hereThe Folly of Jolly Old Phonics
A phonics tale of three children (with morals for teachers of reading) © Mem Fox 2008 This piece was presented at a conference of Auckland principals in […]
read hereLearning from learning
Try as we might, none of us will ever be perfect teachers. The most we can hope for, in our quest to be God, is […]
read hereThoughts
If you’ve read anything about me for the last thirty years, or heard me speak, you’ll know that my passion is encouraging parents to read […]
read hereNotes from the battlefield
Towards A Theory Of Why People Write (This article was first published in ‘Language Arts’, Vol. 65 No. 2 Feb. 1988) I’m a writer. As […]
read hereLike mud, not fireworks
The Place Of Passion In The Development Of Literacy What has passion to do with literacy? What has hairdressing to do with literacy? What has […]
read hereThe Donald Graves Memorial speech for ALEA 2012
A recent speech (2012) appears below, by request. It’s the speech for the first Donald Graves Memorial Lecture at the national Australia Literacy Educators Association […]
read hereGoodnight, Sleep Tight!
Goodnight, Sleep Tight was first published in 1988. It had seven nursery rhymes woven into its structure because I’d heard at a literacy conference in […]
read hereTwo Little Monkeys
Two little monkeys playing near a tree, one named Cheeky, one named Chee. Hello, Cheeky! Hello, Chee! Better stay close to that big old tree! […]
read hereWhere is the Green Sheep?
Where is the Green Sheep? is my second most famous book, after Possum Magic. Children have been known to receive it up to three times […]
read hereHarriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild
Here’s an interview I did on-line in 2000 about the writing of Harriet. I apologise for not remembering name of the interviewer or the magazine […]
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