The Magic Mist: Tony Lang

 A fantasy, in the form of a lovely, 90-line poem , A young boy goes for a quiet walk in the Australian bush, a mysterious mist descends and as the boy walks into it, assuming that it is an ordinary mist, he suddenly discovers that a magical new world. Across my path marched lines of ants, in brightly coloured shoes and pants... A kangaroo wearing a bush hat who speaks to him, and further on, a wombat clad in a dressing gown invites him to lunch. And that's not the end of the surprises. Breathtakingly illustrated by Helen Marshall with a colouring-in page.