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Home Posts tagged "children’s books from and/or set in Australia"

Tag: children’s books from and/or set in Australia

Review: Say Yes by Jennifer Castles and Paul Seden

Say Yes: A Story of Friendship, Fairness and a Vote for Hope, written by Jennifer Castles, illustrated by Paul Seden (Allen & Unwin, 2017)

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Review: Emilio by Sophie Masson (Through My Eyes series)

Through My Eyes: Emilio, written by Sophie Masson (series editor Lyn White, Allen & Unwin, 2014)Emilio
written by Sophie Masson
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Interview: Australian Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs

MWD Interview - Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs

Children’s author and artist Leigh Hobbs is the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-2017.  Leigh described his appointment in February as ‘a lovely thing for me because my books are on the subversive …

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Revisited: Home and Away by John Marsden and Matt Ottley

Home and Away, written by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley (Lothian Children’s Books, 2008)

 

Home and Away
written by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley
(Lothian Children’s Books, 2008)

The definite scribbling out of …

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Review: The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point by Trina Saffioti and Maggie Prewett

The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point, written by Trina Saffioti, illustrated by Maggie Prewett (Tradewind Books, 2013)

The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point
written by Trina Saffioti, illustrated by Maggie Prewett
(Magabala Books, 2008)

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Review: Jandamarra by Mark Greenwood and Terry Denton

Jandamarra, written by Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Terry Denton (Allen & Unwin, 2013)

 

Jandamarra
written by Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Terry Denton
(Allen & Unwin, 2013)

 

Presented in a quasi-graphic-novel format, Jandamarra is …

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New: Elephants Have Wings by Susanne Gervay and Anna Pignataro

Elephants Have Wings, by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Anna Pignataro (Ford Street Publishing, 2014)

Elephants Have Wings
written by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Anna Pignataro
(Ford Street Publishing (Australia), 2014)

 

Following their first collaboration on the stunning Ships …

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Review: Ships in the Field by Susanne Gervay and Anna Pignataro

Ships in the Field, by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Anna Pignataro (Ford Street Publishing, 2012)

Ships in the Field
Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Anna Pignataro
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