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Special edition of Softly Tread the Brave adapted for young people.
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John Marsden Presents...
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33) -
One Man's Classics
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher -
Footprints on the Sands of Time
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7) -
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47).
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One Man's Classics
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher -
Footprints on the Sands of Time
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7) -
Attitudes to War in Australian Children's Literature
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 5 no. 1 1994; (p. 34-48) O'Sullivan seeks to 'identify attitudes to war in Australian children's literature' in the period 1914-1994, noting in particular the movement from identification with Britain and the Empire in the early decades of this period to an affinity with Asia and the Pacific in the latter decades (34). The discussion begins with a literature review of Australian and overseas critical research in this field and then surveys a large number of (mainly Australian) novels with war as the central/pivotal theme. O'Sullivan concludes that there has been a change in attitudes to war in Australian children's literature, whereby 'once Australia was part of the British Empire and prepared to fight for that anywhere in the world, now multicultural Australia takes a broader view and sees herself as part of a global family' (47). -
John Marsden Presents...
2001
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33)
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