Eliza Berlage (2018). "Australia in Three Books". Meanjin. Melbourne University Publishing. 77 (4): 15–17. ISSN 0025-6293 . Retrieved 2 September 2021.

Grandma Poss loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives, Grandma Poss uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible. Not surprisingly, maybe, since my mother taught with Mem when we were little and in fact Mem gave us elocution lessons while we were in primary school. My parents thought we should have all these extra things in our lives, but we were just as poor as poor could be, so if somebody like a schoolteaching mate could be called upon to get involved, so much the better. She was a dramatic, vivacious teacher.Dianne Smith (June 2000), "Awards", A Guide to the papers of Mem Fox (PDF), Lue Rees Archive, p.5 , retrieved 2 September 2021

Once upon a time, but not very long ago, deep in the Australian bush, there lived two possums. Their names were Hush and Grandma Poss. Grandma Poss made bush magic…” I heard Mem being interviewed on TV a while ago. She said that if you didn't have time as parents to read several books a day to your children (meaning picture books, as you might imagine) you should have had gold fish instead. Jeanette Larson. "Possum Magic". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc . Retrieved 2 September 2021. A perfect choice for storytimes, but also useful for curriculum enrichment, thanks to a simplified map and glossary.Discover the wonder of Possum Magic with limited edition collector coin series". Royal Australian Mint . Retrieved 14 September 2017.