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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 a …

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Review: Ahmed and the Feather Girl by Jane Ray

Ahmed and the Feather Girl, by Jane Ray (Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2010/Paperback 2014)

Ahmed and the Feather Girl
by Jane Ray
(Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2010/Paperback 2014)

‘There was once a little orphan boy …

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Review: I Have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres, Aurelia Fronty and Sarah Ardizzone

I Have the Right to Be a Child, written by Alain Serres, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty, translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Phoenix Yard Books (UK), 2012/2014)

 

I Have the Right to Be a Child
written by Alain Serres, illustrated by …

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Review – We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures

We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures, Forewords by John Boyne and David Tenant, illustrated by Peter Sís (Cover) et al. (Amnesty International (UK)/Frances Lincoln, 2008)

 

We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration …

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Review: Lulu Loves Flowers by Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw

'Lulu Loves Flowers' written by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw (Alanna Books, 2015) - pub'd in US as 'Lola Plants a Garden' (Charlesbridge, 2014)

 

Lulu Loves Flowers
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Review – First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover by Mitali Perkins

 

First Daughter: White House Rules, by Mitali Perkins (Dutton Children’s Books, 2008)

 

First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover
by Mitali Perkins
(Dutton Children’s Books, 2007)

 

Sameera, known as Sparrow, is the adopted daughter of diplomatic parents. She …

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Review – First Daughter: White House Rules by Mitali Perkins

First Daughter: White House Rules, by Mitali Perkins (Dutton Children’s Books, 2008)

 

First Daughter: White House Rules
by Mitali Perkins
(Dutton Children’s Books, 2008)

 
Following on from First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover, First Daughter: White House …

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Review: Non-Fiction Photographic Story ‘Amoako and the Forest’

Amoako and the Forest, written by Deborah Cowley, photos by Kathy Knowles (OSU Children's Library Fund, Canada, 2008)

Amoako and the Forest
written by Deborah Cowley, photos by Kathy Knowles
(OSU Children’s Library Fund, Canada, 2008)


Amoako, …

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Review: Sequoyah by James Rumford

 

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing, by James Rumford, translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004)

 

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
by James Rumford, Cherokee translation …

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Review: One World Together by Catherine and Laurence Anholt

One World Tgether, by Catherine and Laurence Anholt (Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2013/paperback 2014)

 

One World Together
by Catherine and Laurence Anholt
(Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2013/paperback 2014)

 
One World Together introduces …

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