In this delightful story messy Bob has elves who clean for him and when they leave they leave him fairy bread to eat. For the readers in my library it is a favourite in the Nibbles series.Īnother beginning novel that is out of print but likely to be in many Australian school libraries is Bob the Builder and the Elves by Gillian Rubinstein. It is amazing all the things she thinks to do with it. Becky wants lots of fairy bread at her party, but there is too much. If you are reading a book set in Australia and a birthday is celebrated there may well be mention of fairy bread, but Ursula Dubosarsky took the iconic Australian party food and made it the focus of a whole book for beginning readers. A dear friend of mine actually has her birthday on the 24th November so I'm sure she'll be having fairy bread parties for quite some time yet. It continues to be popular at children's birthday parties and every Australian adult will have fond memories of fairy bread parties. It dates back to the 1920s in Australia, and is first recorded in The Hobart Mercury, which describes children consuming the food at a party. Fairy bread is sliced white bread spread with margarine or butter and covered with hundreds and thousands, which adhere to the bread. It is typically cut into two triangles.
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