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'I'm Australian! How about you? Many people from many places have come across the seas, to make Australia their home. How Australian is that?' (Publication summary)
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- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Eight Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Family Diversity
2019
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 January 2019; ABC News [Online] , January 2019;'The official label used by the Australian government to define a traditional family (a two parent family with biological or adopted children only) is “intact”: Not damaged or impaired in any way. Complete. Whole. Unbroken.' (Introduction)
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Why Are Australian Children's Books Suddenly so Political?
2018
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— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 November 2018; -
Seeing the Human Face : Refugee and Asylum Seeker Narratives and an Ethics of Care in Recent Australian Picture Books
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association quarterly , Winter vol. 43 no. 4 2018; (p. 363-376)'In this article, I survey eight Australian picture books that seek to redress a seeming absence of care in Australian politics in relation to refugees and asylum seekers: My Two Blankets (2014), Suri's Wall (2015), Ride, Ricardo, Ride! (2015), Mate and Me (2015), Teacup (2015), Flight (2015), Out (2016), and I'm Australian Too (2017). These books depict a healthy community founded upon an ethics of care, and/or a depleted community when care is absent. Although none of these books invokes structural change, all of them demonstrate how relational well-being forms a foundation for civic virtue.'
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Seeing the Human Face : Refugee and Asylum Seeker Narratives and an Ethics of Care in Recent Australian Picture Books
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association quarterly , Winter vol. 43 no. 4 2018; (p. 363-376)'In this article, I survey eight Australian picture books that seek to redress a seeming absence of care in Australian politics in relation to refugees and asylum seekers: My Two Blankets (2014), Suri's Wall (2015), Ride, Ricardo, Ride! (2015), Mate and Me (2015), Teacup (2015), Flight (2015), Out (2016), and I'm Australian Too (2017). These books depict a healthy community founded upon an ethics of care, and/or a depleted community when care is absent. Although none of these books invokes structural change, all of them demonstrate how relational well-being forms a foundation for civic virtue.'
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Eight Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Family Diversity
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 January 2019; ABC News [Online] , January 2019;'The official label used by the Australian government to define a traditional family (a two parent family with biological or adopted children only) is “intact”: Not damaged or impaired in any way. Complete. Whole. Unbroken.' (Introduction)
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Why Are Australian Children's Books Suddenly so Political?
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 November 2018;
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted REAL Awards — Picture Story Books
- 2018 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Three to 5 Years
- 2018 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Early Childhood
- 2018 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Children's Picture Book of the Year
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood