Michael Salmon has dedicated 32 years to entertaining young audiences. Beginning in 1968 as a stage manager and trainee designer with the renowned marionette troupe "THE TINTOOKIES" in Sydney, Australia, he has shaped his artistic journey. This foundational experience within the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust set the stage for his extensive career in children's entertainment.
Aussie representation of Christmas: the beach, summer, the ocean, gum trees instead of pine trees - these are the things which characterise an Aussie Christmas. Twelve possums playing, eleven lizards leaping ... six sharks a-surfing, and a kookaburra in a gum tree. The illustrations are bright and funny.