Now her famous book Possum Magic “has the magic to turn into money”, which she finds “fantastically weird”. Illustrations from Fox’s best-known picture book will appear on three limited ...

ADELAIDE author Mem Fox is justifiably bemused at the news that colourful $2 coins based on her book Possum Magic are caught up in an extraordinary legal war between the Australian and Canadian mints.

Possum Magic is one of the most iconic Australian picture books ever published. Beautifully illustrated, it tells the story of a grandma possum who turns her granddaughter invisible, and has to ...