Waiting at Woy Woy

The courage of a town’s local dog teaches a valuable lesson: Don't Let Life Pass You By. Waiting at Woy Woy's playful rhymes and watercolour illustrations create a theatrical world that will have young readers cheering for the animal characters who help this town become a little less sleepy.

In the Australian seaside town of Woy Woy, the locals seem stuck waiting for their lives to begin. A man waits for the lake to be stocked with fish, a child waits at the bus stop for his grandmother to join him, a newscaster waits for a big news break, and a romantic waits for a glimpse of her love while walking to their date.

All this waiting keeps life sleepily dull in Woy Woy. One community member that brings joy is a small, piano-playing mouse named Mordy. It seems that life drones on until a sudden storm floods the town and poor Mordy is washed away! All the people wait to act, assuming it will be another individual who takes up the cause to save Mordy.

It takes the courage of a local dog, Tyrone, who leaps into action and becomes the hero of this stagnant town. Tyrone teaches a valuable lesson about not letting life pass by.

Told in playful rhymes and illustrated in soft, inviting watercolours, Waiting at Woy Woy will encourage little ones and their parents to seize the day.