Books like Lizzie nonsense by Jan Ormerod
Lizzie’s vivid imagination transforms everyday moments into extraordinary adventures: the family home becomes a beautiful works of art, and the ordinary bathtub turns into a vast sea. Her mother dismisses these fantasies as nonsense, but as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that imaginative thinking runs through generations of the family. Set in Australia, the novel celebrates the bond between mothers and daughters and the playful spirit of childhood.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Jan Ormerod
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