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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Brat Cat
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'When a stray cat follows Jai-Li and her mum home, he proves to be so cheeky that mum threatens, That cat will have to go!', until Jai-Li points out that the cat chose them, just as mum chose her from all the other Korean babies awaiting adoption. A story about belonging.' (Source: Google Books)

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains Korean characters.
  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Korean-Australian character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 1994 .
      Extent: 32p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1862911797, 186291222X (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

The New Fringe Dwellers : The Problem of Ethnicity in Recent Australian Children's Picture Books Jeri Kroll , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Old Neighbours, New Visions 1997; Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 9 no. 2 1999; (p. 31-39) Kroll looks at several children's texts in an effort to investigate a number of questions pertinent to the issue of moving the representation of ethnic groups 'beyond the immigration experience in literature so that the ethnicity of non-Anglo characters is no longer the focus' (31). This includes clarifying the cultural norms against which such characters are pitted, investigating the significance of the landscape in defining nationality and finally, considering whether having more authors/illustrators of non-Anglo origin in the field would 'alter the representation of ethnic groups' (31). She concludes that 'the appearance of non-Anglo children or adults as picture book protagonists has not increased to a substantial degree in recent years' and while ethnic characters are 'visible', the lack of centrality given to migrant groups and individuals continues the process of marginalization, tokenism and stereotyping which continues to dominate representations of non-Anglo experiences in Australian picture books (38).
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 10 no. 1 1995; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Brat Cat Elizabeth Hutchins , 1994 single work picture book
Untitled Chris Dayman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 16)
— Review of Cat Goes to Sea Andrew McLean , Janet McLean , 1994 single work picture book ; Switch Cat Garry Disher , 1994 single work picture book ; Brat Cat Elizabeth Hutchins , 1994 single work picture book
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 10 no. 1 1995; (p. 21-22)
— Review of Brat Cat Elizabeth Hutchins , 1994 single work picture book
Untitled Chris Dayman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 16)
— Review of Cat Goes to Sea Andrew McLean , Janet McLean , 1994 single work picture book ; Switch Cat Garry Disher , 1994 single work picture book ; Brat Cat Elizabeth Hutchins , 1994 single work picture book
The New Fringe Dwellers : The Problem of Ethnicity in Recent Australian Children's Picture Books Jeri Kroll , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Old Neighbours, New Visions 1997; Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 9 no. 2 1999; (p. 31-39) Kroll looks at several children's texts in an effort to investigate a number of questions pertinent to the issue of moving the representation of ethnic groups 'beyond the immigration experience in literature so that the ethnicity of non-Anglo characters is no longer the focus' (31). This includes clarifying the cultural norms against which such characters are pitted, investigating the significance of the landscape in defining nationality and finally, considering whether having more authors/illustrators of non-Anglo origin in the field would 'alter the representation of ethnic groups' (31). She concludes that 'the appearance of non-Anglo children or adults as picture book protagonists has not increased to a substantial degree in recent years' and while ethnic characters are 'visible', the lack of centrality given to migrant groups and individuals continues the process of marginalization, tokenism and stereotyping which continues to dominate representations of non-Anglo experiences in Australian picture books (38).
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