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y separately published work icon Big Rain Coming single work   picture book   adventure   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Big Rain Coming
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'A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in the community builds as the rain clouds thicken and grow dark. Everybody waits. When will the rain come?' (Publication summary)

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Unit Suitable For:

AC: Foundation (NSW Early Stage 1)

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Literacy

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Roland Harvey Books , 1999 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0949714666, 9780949714664
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Clarion ,
      1999 .
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      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2001
      ISBN: 9780618083442, 0618083448
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2002 .
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      Extent: 32p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2009
      Note/s:
      • Published 04 March 2002

      ISBN: 0143500457, 9780143500452
Alternative title: 下大雨了
Transliterated title: Xia da yu le
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

Does Your Child Know More about Dinosaurs Than Dugongs? Perhaps They’re Reading the Wrong Books Ayesha Tulloch , Kirsten Parris , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 March 2020;

'Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important.' (Introduction)

form y separately published work icon Interviews with 10 Australian Authors Tom Tilley (interviewer), Melbourne : ABC Splash , 2018 16600399 2018 website interview film/TV

'Meet ten of Australia's literary greats. Tom Tilley speaks with writers such as David Malouf, Nadia Wheatley and Michael Gow about their works, their inspirations and their lives as writers.'

Source: Introduction.

Bundjalung Book Goes Chinese 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 May no. 651 2017; (p. 34)
'Award winning picture book Big Rain Coming, illustrated by Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft now has a Chinese edition.'
Big Rain Still Enthralls Kids Deborah Bogle , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 February 2013; (p. 8)
After the Clock It's...It's Time For the Story! Sally Zwartz , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 28 no. 5 2013; (p. 8-11)
Untitled Philip S. Kidner , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 10)

— Review of Big Rain Coming Katrina Germein , 1999 single work picture book
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 14 no. 5 1999; (p. 28)

— Review of Big Rain Coming Katrina Germein , 1999 single work picture book
y separately published work icon Untitled 2000 Z813034 2000 periodical issue
— Review of Big Rain Coming Katrina Germein , 1999 single work picture book
Big Rain Still Enthralls Kids Deborah Bogle , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 February 2013; (p. 8)
After the Clock It's...It's Time For the Story! Sally Zwartz , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 28 no. 5 2013; (p. 8-11)
Bundjalung Book Goes Chinese 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 May no. 651 2017; (p. 34)
'Award winning picture book Big Rain Coming, illustrated by Bundjalung artist Bronwyn Bancroft now has a Chinese edition.'
form y separately published work icon Interviews with 10 Australian Authors Tom Tilley (interviewer), Melbourne : ABC Splash , 2018 16600399 2018 website interview film/TV

'Meet ten of Australia's literary greats. Tom Tilley speaks with writers such as David Malouf, Nadia Wheatley and Michael Gow about their works, their inspirations and their lives as writers.'

Source: Introduction.

Does Your Child Know More about Dinosaurs Than Dugongs? Perhaps They’re Reading the Wrong Books Ayesha Tulloch , Kirsten Parris , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 March 2020;

'Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important.' (Introduction)

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