Goodnight, Joeys

Goodnight, Joeys by Renee Treml (Penguin) HB RRP $14.99 ISBN 9781761349096

The young of wombats, bandicoots, pygmy possums, and quokkas are all called joeys. In this board book for younger children, Australia author/artist Treml has introduced each of these joeys and has used rhyming couplets which all begin with the words, “Whisper goodnight…”

There are joeys which “romp and roll around,” “snuffle, dig and push,” and “leap and glide and soar.”

Every page is washed with a single colour and shows the marsupials engaged in their typical behaviour, for example quokkas ‘twitter, growl and bark” at night with a purplish background. The story finishes with the words, “Whisper goodnight to the mum, where joeys dream beside her tum.”