Children’s Books

Book cover titled 'Whose Hat?' featuring a happy young boy wearing a brown cowboy hat and a green shirt, holding a gray horse puppet or toy.
Book cover for 'Whose Bag?' by Kylie Orr, illustrated by Spike Maguire, featuring a girl with curly red hair holding a flashlight in one hand and a green and yellow bag in the other.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Whose Shoes?' by Kylie Orr, illustrated by Spike Maguire, featuring a young girl with red hair, a purple bow, a green shirt with a yellow star, a pink skirt, striped stockings, and purple shoes with star designs, playing an electric guitar.
Cover of the children's book titled 'Whose Pants?' showing a young boy with red hair wearing star and moon pajamas. Beside him is a small dog with spots, wearing a red collar.

Whose hat, bag, shoes or pants do you like best?

The 'Whose?' Series is full of fun, rhyming stories that kids will love.

Humour, rhyming & alliteration

Did you know rhyme encourages children to guess and predict words? 

All four books are easy out-loud reads that not only teach children about clothing for different weather and various activities, but I've also slipped in some sneaky alliteration to help with language development. 
Eg. 'Will is wearing a woollen hat...'

All-inclusive characters

It's imperative that our multicultural society is reflected in children's books. So you'll find lots of different names and children represented across the four books. I also challenge some stereotypes, with Bella wearing a building hat (go girl!) and George carrying his gymnastics bag. At such an impressionable age, kids need to know they can try a whole range of activities, without feeling they are gender specific. 

What age are the books aimed at?

I'm a big believer in reading to babies from birth, so I've made sure these books are suitable for newborns right through to beginner readers. The board books are case-bound which means they're sturdy and will endure whatever your child throws at them (including teeth—got a book chewer?!). The illustrations by Spike Maguire are bright and gorgeous too.

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Praise for the series

"I work in an Early Learning Centre and After School Care in Adelaide. I received your Whose Clothing series of books on Monday and have been using and reading them at work ever since. Everyone loves the last page of the Whose Pants? book! We had a few boys try to emulate their shorts to resemble undies this morning! Thanks for writing and sharing your passion with us. We enjoy admiring the different types of clothing and noticing who in the classes resemble the attitudes of the characters. We have a boy like Liam who takes his teddy everywhere!"

Steve Clark, Adelaide SA

Book cover titled "Whose Pants?" featuring a young boy with red hair in pajamas with stars and moons, standing with hands on hips, and a small dog sitting beside him.
Cover of the children's book titled 'Whose Shoes?' by Kylie Orr, illustrated by Spike Maguire, featuring a girl with red hair, a purple bow, green T-shirt with a yellow star, pink skirt, striped tights, and purple shoes with wings, holding a purple electric guitar.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Whose Bag?' by Kylie Orr, illustrated by Spike Maguire, featuring a girl with curly red hair holding a flashlight and a green backpack.
Book cover of "Whose Hat?" by Kylie Orr, illustrated by Spike Maguire, showing a boy wearing a cowboy hat and holding a stick with a horse's head, smiling.
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