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'Everybody loved Millie. She was so good. Or was she? She eats her vegetables - or does she? She puts her toys away - or does she? A humorous story about a high-spirited little girl that lets your child discover what Millie has really done by looking at the pictures.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
Food types - Everyday foods
- Discretionary foods
- High sugar foods
Food practices - Eating in - meal
Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value - Negative framing of everyday foods
Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion - Family meals [dinner]
Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Millie
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 40)
— Review of Millie 2002 single work picture book -
Hard Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 October 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Millie 2002 single work picture book -
[Review] A Day in the Life of Me [and] Millie
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 17 no. 4 2002; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Day in the Life of Me 2002 single work picture book ; Millie 2002 single work picture book
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[Review] Millie
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 40)
— Review of Millie 2002 single work picture book -
[Review] A Day in the Life of Me [and] Millie
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 17 no. 4 2002; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Day in the Life of Me 2002 single work picture book ; Millie 2002 single work picture book -
Hard Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 19 October 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Millie 2002 single work picture book
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Picture Book
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