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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
Episodes from an Australian country childhood in the early twentieth century.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Fine Focus : Rachel Tonkin, a Life in Art and Illustration
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 4-8) 'Art, to the artist, is inevitable, but the rest of us want to know: what are the whims, accidents and resolutions that shape a career? How does each artwork come to be just like that? What colour was the telegram delivery bike in South Melbourne during World War II? And what is that chimp doing over there? Like a good biography, Rachel Tonkin's retrospective steers us through her five decades in book illustration and writing, botanical art, and fine art and sculpture, and lets us make some connections' (Introduction) -
Papa and the Olden Days by Ian Edwards
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2013;
— Review of Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book -
[Review] Papa and the Olden Days
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 21)
— Review of Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book -
My Literary Career
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 8-9) -
The Children's Book of the Year Awards Shortlists
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 5 no. 2 1990; (p. 22-24)
— Review of The Journey Home 1989 single work picture book ; I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit 1989 single work picture book ; A Nice Walk in the Jungle 1989 single work picture book ; Grandad's Magic 1989 single work picture book ; A Proper Little Lady 1989 single work picture book ; The Very Best of Friends 1989 single work picture book ; Pigs and Honey 1989 single work picture book ; Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book ; Onion Tears 1989 single work children's fiction ; The Extraordinary Magics of Emma McDade 1989 single work children's fiction ; Following the Gold 1989 selected work poetry ; The Dragon of Mith 1989 single work children's fiction ; Merryll of the Stones 1989 single work novel ; The Red King 1989 single work novel ; Balyet 1989 single work novel ; Skymaze 1989 single work children's fiction ; Thunderwith 1989 single work novel ; Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel
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The Pick for the Children
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 March 1990; (p. 7-8)
— Review of A Nice Walk in the Jungle 1989 single work picture book ; Following the Gold 1989 selected work poetry ; The Red King 1989 single work novel ; Onion Tears 1989 single work children's fiction ; A Proper Little Lady 1989 single work picture book ; Balyet 1989 single work novel ; I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit 1989 single work picture book ; Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book ; Grandad's Magic 1989 single work picture book ; The Journey Home 1989 single work picture book ; Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; The Very Best of Friends 1989 single work picture book ; Merryll of the Stones 1989 single work novel -
Everyone's a Winner, For Nomination's the Prize
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April 1990; (p. 40)
— Review of The Red King 1989 single work novel ; The Journey Home 1989 single work picture book ; I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit 1989 single work picture book ; A Proper Little Lady 1989 single work picture book ; Grandad's Magic 1989 single work picture book ; Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book ; The Dragon of Mith 1989 single work children's fiction ; The Great Deeds of Superheroes 1989 selected work children's fiction ; Bianca 1988 single work novel ; The Blue Chameleon 1989 single work novel ; A Nice Walk in the Jungle 1989 single work picture book ; Following the Gold 1989 selected work poetry ; The Very Best of Friends 1989 single work picture book ; Came Back to Show You I Could Fly 1989 single work novel ; Pigs and Honey 1989 single work picture book ; Merryll of the Stones 1989 single work novel -
On the short list
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Scan , June vol. 9 no. 3 1990; (p. 15)
— Review of Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book -
[Review] Papa and the Olden Days
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1990;
— Review of Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book -
[Review] Papa and the Olden Days
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 5 no. 3 1990; (p. 35)
— Review of Papa and the Olden Days 1989 single work picture book -
My Literary Career
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 3 1990; (p. 8-9) -
Fine Focus : Rachel Tonkin, a Life in Art and Illustration
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 4-8) 'Art, to the artist, is inevitable, but the rest of us want to know: what are the whims, accidents and resolutions that shape a career? How does each artwork come to be just like that? What colour was the telegram delivery bike in South Melbourne during World War II? And what is that chimp doing over there? Like a good biography, Rachel Tonkin's retrospective steers us through her five decades in book illustration and writing, botanical art, and fine art and sculpture, and lets us make some connections' (Introduction)
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