Gregg Dreise, Where’s my baby? Magabala Books, August 2022, 10 pp., RRP $12.99 (board book), ISBN 9781922613721
From gifted artist and best-selling author, Gregg Dreise (Kookoo Kookaburra, Awesome Emu) comes this joyful new board book, Where’s my baby?
Where’s my baby? This dinewah is too feathery.
Where’s my baby? That guda is too fluffy.
Gregg Dreise is a descendant of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi people of south-west Queensland and north-west New South Wales and as well as encouraging young readers to learn new adjectives in English, Where’s my baby? introduces the names of iconic Australian animals in Gamilaraay language.
My own children loved learning about a warraba and a spiky bigabilla, and looking at Gregg’s distinctive and adorable animal illustrations. As the author intended, this board book inspired a game of hide and seek and some beautiful artwork too.
This title was a real pleasure to share with young children at home and in an early years’ setting.
Reviewed by Lisa Hoad
