The edition I reviewed didn't have this feature.
The text reads 'because she couldn't be seen she was safe from snakes.' I would add that Hush was only just barely safe. This makes for a wonderful discussion about being invisible and why Hush looks so scared, etc.Īpparently older editions of Possum Magic feature a map of Australia with place names. Hush, who is thankfully invisible, clings by his tail to a very thin branch as the snake slides just beneath her. Part of the attraction for clinicians, who may wish to use the book for language intervention, is the concise use of language and the effortless way the text is merged with the illustrations. An example can be found on a stunning two page spread of a truly scary looking snake sliding toward the viewer. The book continues to endure because the story is so good. The book is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2013. Possum Magic is a classic story from the early eighties that is still very popular to this day. Along the way they sample a variety of classic ' Australian' foods that have become endearing parts of Aussie culture. Their journey begins in Adelaide, traverses the country and ends in Tasmania. So begins a quest as Grandma Possum and Hush cross the Australian countryside in search of specific Aussie food that will make Hush visible again. Grandma Poss doesn't know the spell for making Hush visible again but she knows it has something to do with fodd, not possum food but people food. Hush finds being invisible a great thing because she gets to slide down kangaroos and avoid nasty predators.īut there comes a time when Hush tires of being invisible and wishes to be visible again. Grandma Poss is special in that she practises bush magic and has the ability to make Hush invisible. Grandma Poss and little Hush are two possums who live in the Australian bush.
Publisher: OMNIBUS BOOKS, Scholastic Australia Author: Mem Fox, Illustrated by Julie Vivas
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