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First known date:
2018...
vol.
33
no.
2
May
2018
of
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
est. 1986-1995
Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
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Who could resist a book with the title The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts? It called out to be read and the prologue didn't wast time in setting the scene (and atmosphere) with a classic spy/detective set up of a road block and the protagonist, Abdel Kader Haidara, fearful of losing his cargo (not to mention his life). That cargo consisted of thousands of illustrated manuscripts on vellum dating back hundreds of years. (Editorial)
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* Contents derived from the 2018 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Know the Author : Zana Fraillon,
single work
interview
Reading The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon's novel set in a detention centre, is a heightened experience; exquisite for its poetic sensibility and distressing for its bleak setting. In it, the child narrator Subhi's mother, Maá, tells him if everyone would listen to the stories deep down inside the earth, we would hear the whisperings of everything there is to hear, and if everyone did that, then maybe we wouldn't all get stuck so much. (Introduction)
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Cover Book Review : Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies : The Weird Beard,
single work
review
— Review of Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies 2018 series - author children's fiction ;It will come as no surprise to teachers, librarians and parents that children love humour in their fiction reading. On a recent weekly Australian bestseller list, humour was the key ingredient in five of the top ten children's titles with two written by comedians and media personalities, Anh Do and Peter Helliar. Anh Do's latest venture, Ninja Kid, and Helliar's second installment in his Frankie Fish series, were listed second and fifth respectively. When it was released in 2016, UK comic actor David Walliams' The World's Worst Children went straight to No.1 in the Australian children's chart and remained there for three consecutive weeks. Perhaps it is a comedian's ability to tap into the child within or willingness to push the boundaries of gross-out humour or to take advantage of a well-honed imagination that has resulted in these and other publishing success stories? - Visiting the Largest Children's Library in the World, single work essay (p. 14-16)
- Know the Author : Jaqueline Harvey, single work interview (p. 18-20)
- Bookmarkers and Pageturners, single work essay (p. 22-24)
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[Review] The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls,
single work
review
— Review of The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls 2018 single work children's fiction ; (p. 26) -
[Review] Bouncing Back : An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story,
single work
review
— Review of Bouncing Back 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 28) -
[Review] Gecko,
single work
review
— Review of Gecko 2017 single work picture book ; (p. 28-29) -
[Review] The Fairytale Plays Series 1 : Plays for Young Actors,
single work
review
— Review of The Fairytale Plays Series 1 : Plays for Young Actors 2015 children's fiction ; (p. 29) -
[Review] Community,
single work
review
— Review of Community 2018 single work information book ; (p. 29) -
[Review] Sorry Day,
single work
review
— Review of Sorry Day 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 30) -
[Review] Building Site Zoo,
single work
review
— Review of Building Site Zoo 2017 single work picture book ; (p. 32) -
[Review] Sandcastle,
single work
review
— Review of Sandcastle 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 32) -
[Review] Tilly's Reef Adventure,
single work
review
— Review of Tilly's Reef Adventure 2017 single work picture book ; (p. 33) -
[Review] Thimble,
single work
review
— Review of Thimble 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 33) -
[Review] The Hole,
single work
review
— Review of The Hole 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 33) -
[Review] Missing Marvin,
single work
review
— Review of Missing Marvin 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 33-34) -
[Review] The Flying Optometrist,
single work
review
— Review of The Flying Optometrist 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 34) -
[Review] Drought,
single work
review
— Review of Drought 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 34) -
[Review] Never Lose Hope : The Story of Australia's First School,
single work
review
— Review of Never Lose Hope : The Story of Australia's First School 2018 single work picture book ; (p. 34)
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