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Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better.
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Notes
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Selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, launched at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in July 2022. (Source: https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/11/25/206436/aus-picture-books-chosen-for-ifla-catalogue/). (Sighted: 25/11/2021)
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Window : An Australian Outlook
Sydney
:
Royal Botanic Gardens, (Sydney, N.S.W.)
,
1991
Z998034
1991
anthology
criticism
From May 1991- August 1992 an exhibtion on Jeannie Baker's picture book Windows travelled to seven Australian cities and towns. The exhibition of fourteen collages was accompanied at all venues by this resource guide and a picture book of the collages published by Julia MacRae books.
The resource guide contains two articles: 'In the Dreamtime : Attitudes to Land in Aboriginal Australia' by Christopher John Kirkbright and 'Learning the Country : The Impact of Europeans' by John Vandenbeld. -
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Belonging
Jeannie Baker
(illustrator),
London
:
Walker Books [London]
,
2004
Z1134871
2004
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'An alienating city street gradually becomes a place to call home. Little by little, baby Tracy grows. She and her neighbours begin to rescue their street. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. They paint murals over old graffiti. They stop the cars. Everything begins to blossom. Belonging explores the re-greening of the city: the role of community, the empowerment of people and the significance of children, family and neighbourhood in changing their urban environment. The streets gradually become places for safe children's play, and community activity and places for nature and wonder.'
(Source: Author's website, http://www.jeanniebaker.com/picture_books_index.htm)
Works about this Work
- Fortunate Lives : Societal Ideologies in Two Award Winning Australian Picture Books single work criticism
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Passion, Pedagogy and the Political : Looking Back, Looking Forward
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 27-35) -
From Eden to Suburbia : Perspectives on the Natural World in Children's Literature
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-45) Stephen's compares a number of children's texts, including Jeannie Baker's Window and Belonging, which focus on representations of the natural environment. Stephen's articulates three ideological perspectives which are the most common approaches to dealing with ecological issues in children's literature; the positioning of human subjectivity as outside of nature; the assumption that 'a represented landscape must include humans to perceive it and operate as a site of some kind of narrative'; and the representation of nature as 'endangered' and reliant upon human intervention and appropriate management (41). Stephens claims that overall, texts with an ecological message show a tendency to locate humans as both the cause of and solution to, ecological destruction, and texts which are seeking to actively engage with ecology issues are usually a variation of the second type (45). For Stephen's, Baker's Belonging is a 'quintessential' example of a novel which positions the perspective of humans outside of nature and as the source of value and meaning (45). -
No Words Required for Green Message
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 2004; (p. 6) Jeannie Baker uses intricate collages to portray her message of environmental conservation in her picture books for children. -
The Sky Is Falling : Children as Environmental Subjects in Contemporary Picture Books
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature and the Fin de Siécle 2003; (p. 111-120)"The metanarratives that circulate in Western culture around environmental topics rarely have happy endings; many, indeed, are apocalyptic in their depictions of ecological outcomes. [In this chapter, Bradford considers] what happens when these two categories of metanarrative meet in contemporary picture books, which thematize environmental topics."
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 2 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
[Review] Window
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 67 no. 3 1991; (p. 312-313)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
PreSchool & Primary Grades Fiction
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , March vol. 37 no. 3 1991; (p. 166)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , June vol. 11 no. 5 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
Changing Scenes from a Window
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 October 1991;
— Review of Nurse Lugton's Curtain 1991 single work picture book ; Window 1991 single work picture book -
No Words Required for Green Message
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 2004; (p. 6) Jeannie Baker uses intricate collages to portray her message of environmental conservation in her picture books for children. -
Cover Book : Window by Jeannie Baker
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 6 no. 2 1991; (p. 4) -
Environmentally Friendly Australian Children's Fiction : The 1991 Crop
1992
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 7 no. 3 1992; (p. 20-21) -
From Eden to Suburbia : Perspectives on the Natural World in Children's Literature
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-45) Stephen's compares a number of children's texts, including Jeannie Baker's Window and Belonging, which focus on representations of the natural environment. Stephen's articulates three ideological perspectives which are the most common approaches to dealing with ecological issues in children's literature; the positioning of human subjectivity as outside of nature; the assumption that 'a represented landscape must include humans to perceive it and operate as a site of some kind of narrative'; and the representation of nature as 'endangered' and reliant upon human intervention and appropriate management (41). Stephens claims that overall, texts with an ecological message show a tendency to locate humans as both the cause of and solution to, ecological destruction, and texts which are seeking to actively engage with ecology issues are usually a variation of the second type (45). For Stephen's, Baker's Belonging is a 'quintessential' example of a novel which positions the perspective of humans outside of nature and as the source of value and meaning (45). -
Passion, Pedagogy and the Political : Looking Back, Looking Forward
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 27-35)
Awards
- 1993 winner COOL Award — Picture Book
- 1992 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year
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