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A strong-minded old woman struggles with an ancient gnome-like creature for the right to live in the small cottage that she has just bought, on land that the Njimbin has occupied for centuries.
Teaching Resources
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille and sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Teaching Classic Australian Children's Fiction
Anthony Shaw
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St Lucia
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AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource
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2016-
15827758
2016
website
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This Exhibition is a collection of extensive teaching resources for classic Australian children's texts. The resources are aimed at upper primary school and lower high school teachers. The collection forms part of Anthony Shaw's Learning with Literature program.
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Patricia Wrightson : 'Spirits in Their Own Land'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 227-235) -
A Little Masterpiece: Patricia Wrightson's 'A Little Fear'
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 6 no. 3 1996; (p. 5-12) Murray discusses Patricia Wrightson's novel A Little Fear which he describes as 'notable among the growing umber of regional novels in Australian Children's literature (5). Wrightson's use of Aboriginal spirit creatures, argues Murray, helps 'assist Australian readers of European descent in making imaginative connections with a landscape into which they were born but to which they are not indigenous' (5). According to Murray, the text's uncertainties and unconventional resolution coupled with 'multiplicity of meaning, precision of setting and innovation', make it 'one of Wrightson's most successful novels' (12). - y The Responses of Early Adolescent, White Australian Readers to Selected Cross-Cultural Folklore-Based Fantasy Novels by Patricia Wrightson Ann Arbor : University Microfilms International , 1994 Z1524171 1994 single work thesis
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Patricia Wrightson's 'Wirrun': A Modern Aboriginal Mythic Hero
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 140-144)
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[Review] A Little Fear [and] The White Crane
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 July 1984;
— Review of A Little Fear 1983 single work children's fiction ; The White Crane Helen Smith (translator), 1983 single work picture book -
[Review] A Little Fear
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 13 November 1983; (p. 40)
— Review of A Little Fear 1983 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Little Fear
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 July 1984;
— Review of A Little Fear 1983 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Little Fear
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 July 1984;
— Review of A Little Fear 1983 single work children's fiction -
[Review] A Little Fear
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Family Circle , 10 August 1984;
— Review of A Little Fear 1983 single work children's fiction -
Of Hopes and Njimbins
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Looking Back (1988-1788) : The Bicentennial Book of the Rockhampton Writers' Club 1988; (p. 31-32) - y The Responses of Early Adolescent, White Australian Readers to Selected Cross-Cultural Folklore-Based Fantasy Novels by Patricia Wrightson Ann Arbor : University Microfilms International , 1994 Z1524171 1994 single work thesis
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Patricia Wrightson : 'Spirits in Their Own Land'
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Adolescent Novel : Australian Perspectives 1997; (p. 227-235) -
Patricia Wrightson's 'Wirrun': A Modern Aboriginal Mythic Hero
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 1 no. 3 1990; (p. 140-144) -
Judges' Report, 1984
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 92 1984; (p. 6-13)
Awards
- 1984 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
- 1984 winner Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature — Fiction Award
- 1983 commended Carnegie Medal (UK)
Last amended 30 Oct 2019 11:31:50
Settings:
- Grafton - Maclean area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
- Bush,
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