Tough Boris

Mem Fox

Publisher details

Tough Boris
Author
Mem Fox
Publisher
Hachette
Genres
Children’s Fiction, Children’s Picture Book

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Synopsis

He's tough as nails, through and through, like "all "pirates. Or is he? When a young boy sneaks onto Boris's ship, he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected.
Mem Fox
About the author

Mem Fox

Mem Fox has written over 38 books for adults and children including Possum Magic, which has sold over three million copies and is the bestselling picture book ever in Australia. Mem has been presented with many awards including an AM in the 1993 Australia Day Honours for services to the cultural life of Australia; an SA Great Award for Literature in 2001; the Prime Minister's Centenary Medal in 2003; and she was shortlisted for the Australian of the Year in 2004. She worked as an Associate Professor of Literacy Studies in the School of Education at Flinders University, South Australia for twenty-four years and is now an international literacy consultant.Mem's books with Penguin include Where is the Green Sheep?, Hunwick's Egg, A Particular Cow, Where The Giant Sleeps, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Hello Baby!, The Goblin and the Empty Chair, A Giraffe in the Bath and most recently Baby Bedtime. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.

Books by Mem Fox

Possum Magic
Julie Vivas, Mem Fox

Possum Magic

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Julie Vivas, Mem Fox

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Koala Lou
Mem Fox, Pamela Lofts

Koala Lou

Good Night, Sleep Tight
Judy Horacek, Mem Fox

Good Night, Sleep Tight

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Helen Oxenbury, Mem Fox

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Wombat Divine 25th Anniversary Edition
Kerry Argent, Mem Fox

Wombat Divine 25th Anniversary Edition

Tough Boris
Mem Fox

Tough Boris

This & That
Judy Horacek, Mem Fox

This & That

Baby Bedtime
Mem Fox

Baby Bedtime

Time For Bed
Mem Fox

Time For Bed

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