Ivy is very generous with her giving. She offers a cup of tea to the chook, a flip-flop to a snail and a dummy to the cat. The presents aren't always perfect but they are always perfectly given. IVY LOVES TO GIVE captures the generosity and the spiritedness of a toddler. The generosity and spiritedness that grown-ups sometimes forget... Let this picture book be a warm reminder of the gift of giving.
Ivy is very generous with her
giving. She offers a cup of tea
to the chook, a flip-flop to a
snail and a dummy to the cat.
The presents aren’t always
perfect but they are always
perfectly given.
Freya Blackwood was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Orange in NSW, Australia where she now lives with her daughter Ivy. After graduating from UTS in Visual Communications, Freya worked in the film industry as a production assistant, runner and effects technician. She began illustrating picture books in 2002 and has since been shortlisted for, and won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2010.
