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1 Touch the Moon in 2019 : Phil Cummings in Conversation with Fran Knight Fran Knight (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 34 no. 2 2019; (p. 12)
'Everyone was dazzled wen author Phil Cummings returned to his home town of Peterborough when his first book, Goodness Gracious, was published in 1989. The kids responded enthusiastically to stories he told of places they knew: places they had ridden their bikes, don a 'Mainie' and ridden down the notorious Devils Hill. After his visit his books were always out on loan.' (Introduction)
1 [Review] Mallee Boys Fran Knight , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 40)

— Review of Mallee Boys Charlie Archbold , 2017 single work novel
1 [Review] The Legend Series : Over the Wall & On the Buzzer Fran Knight , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 36)

— Review of Over the Wall Michael Panckridge , 2003 single work children's fiction ; On the Buzzer Michael Panckridge , 2003 single work children's fiction
1 [Review] Bird to Bird Fran Knight , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 32)

— Review of Bird to Bird Claire Saxby , 2018 single work picture book
1 Know the Author : Susanne Gervay A Portrait of Courage Fran Knight , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 32 no. 3 2017; (p. 12-13)

'Susanne Gervay was in Adelaide recently, a recipient of a Creative Time Residential Fellowship from the May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust. We met a Cibo's coffee shop in Hutt St to shear some thoughts about writing and her work. Before we met I naturally googles and found much of the same sort of information that you can easily find out about authors, but there were several things that intrigued me.' (Introduction)

1 Review : Tiny Timmy : Soccer Superstar! Fran Knight , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of Soccer Superstar! Tim Cahill , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : The Bad Guys Episode 2 Fran Knight , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 33-34)

— Review of Mission Unpluckable Aaron Blabey , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 [Review Essay] Olive of the Groves and the Great Slurp of Time; Olive of the Groves and the Right Royal Romp Fran Knight , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 38)
1 [Review Essay] Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings : Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories Fran Knight , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 34)

'A compilation of intriguing and amusing stories which amuse, frighten, delight and tantalise is offered in this book. The stories are divided into six groups : Mythical Creatures, Mysterious locations, Haunted Places, UFO Sightings, Bizarre Disappearances and Strange Happenings. Each group contains about half a dozen stories, some of which will be familiar to readers, while others will be wholly unknown.' (Introduction)

1 Review : Full On Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 30 no. 5 2015; (p. 38)

— Review of Full On Jen Storer , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : My Dad Is a Giraffe Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 30 no. 5 2015; (p. 28)

— Review of My Dad Is a Giraffe Stephen Michael King , 2015 single work picture book
1 Review : Risk Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 40)

— Review of Risk Fleur Ferris , 2015 single work novel
1 Review : The Bad Guys Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 33)

— Review of The Bad Guys - Episode 1 Aaron Blabey , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : Soon Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 39)

— Review of Soon Morris Gleitzman , 2015 single work novel
1 Review : Leo Da Vinci Vs the Ice-Cream Domination League Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 36, 38)

— Review of Leo Da Vinci Vs The Ice-cream Domination League Michael Pryor , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand Fran Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 34)

— Review of Verity Sparks and the Scarlet Hand Susan Green , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : The Gateway Fran Knight , 2015 single work
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 35)

— Review of The Four-Fingered Man Cerberus Jones , 2015 single work children's fiction ; The Warriors Of Brin-Hask Cerberus Jones , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Samantha Wheeler : Environment Is the Key Fran Knight (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 19-21)
1 Almost Dead by Kaz Delaney Fran Knight , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 22 no. 1 2014; (p. 28)

— Review of Almost Dead Kaz Delaney , 2014 single work novel
1 Review : Rain Dance Fran Knight , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 44-45)

— Review of Rain Dance Karen Wood , 2014 single work novel
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