Cadmium in children's jewellery # 7

Obviously our Government is ticking over just fine in caretaker mode. In fact, it is more efficient than when under actual Government. I finally got a response from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. That is, from the CEO of that agency, saying 'as the Federal election has been called and caretaker convention arrangements are currently in place, I am responding on the Minister's behalf.'

As I read it, it means the answer has been sitting on the Minister's desk for three months and the bureaucrats are taking advantage of the opportunity to clean things up.

He writes:

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# 12 - *Toddle Waddle*

The first four pages of *Toddle Waddle* read ‘Toddle, waddle. Flip, flop. Hurry, scurry. Clip, clop.’ It’s a delightful romp with language, spot on for a toddler. And, obviously, once again, a large part of the genius of the book is the illustrations by Nick Sharratt.

He uses bold colours and clear images with enough detail that my two year old daughter can examine them for a long while. His visual jokes are just the right level for her - the frog sitting on the boy’s head makes her laugh.

I sometimes hear Pearl lying in her bed recitign some of the lines of the book to herself. Clearly she is thinking of it happily.