We send warm birthday wishes all the way down under to Australian author Mem Fox

Mem Fox is a well known and popular children’s author, and today is her birthday. She lives in Australia. Her first book was rejected by 9 publishers. Finally, someone was willing to publish her book, but they asked her to change the mice characters to possums in order to highlight an Australian theme. That is how “Possum Magic” became one of the most popular children’s books in the world.