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'Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing!
'The Duck and the Darklings is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn.' (Publication summary)
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Review : The Duck and the Darklings
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 67)
— Review of The Duck and the Darklings 2014 single work picture book -
[Review] The Duck and the Darklings
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 29 no. 2 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of The Duck and the Darklings 2014 single work picture book
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[Review] The Duck and the Darklings
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 29 no. 2 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of The Duck and the Darklings 2014 single work picture book -
Review : The Duck and the Darklings
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 67)
— Review of The Duck and the Darklings 2014 single work picture book
Awards
- 2016 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Premier's Prize for Writing for Children
- 2015 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2015 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
- 2015 selected White Ravens
- 2015 finalist Crystal Kite Award — Australian and New Zealand Division
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