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'A small green swamp just past the edge of town is home to two wild blue-billed ducks. But one day huge, rumbling, grumbling machines crawled, scraping and gouging towards the swamp and out poured the swamp's precious water. Refugees tells the story of the duck's misadventures in trying to find a new place to live.'
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
- Wildlife
Food types n/a Food practices n/a Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place n/a Setting - Urban landscape
- Bush, beach, nature
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity n/a 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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The Arrival of the Rainbow Bird : The Migration Experience in Picture Books
2008
single work
essay
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 4-5) Discusses the importance of recent Australian picture books that deal with the topic of refugees and immigrants, and those who ended up in detention centres. -
Of Murmels and Snigs : Detention-Centre Narratives in Australian Literature for Children and Young Adults
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 38-42)
— Review of From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres 2003 anthology correspondence ; Walk in My Shoes 2004 single work novel ; Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Alyzon Whitestarr 2005 single work novel ; No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay ; Number 8 2006 single work novel ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction ; Soraya the Storyteller 2004 single work children's fiction ; Ali the Bold Heart 2006 single work picture book ; Another Country 2004 anthology poetry autobiography prose diary correspondence ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book ; The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep) 2005 single work children's fiction ; Dancing the Boom-Cha-Cha Boogie 2005 single work picture book ; Dreaming Australia 2004 single work novel -
A Vision Splendid
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 61) -
[Review] Refugees
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 48 no. 2 2004; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Refugees 2003 single work picture book -
Animals, Boats and Shacks
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 265 2004; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Yardil 2004 single work picture book ; Lizzie Nonsense 2004 single work picture book ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book ; The Call of the Osprey 2004 single work picture book ; The Shack that Dad Built 2005 single work picture book
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[Review] Refugees
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 19 no. 1 2004; (p. 28)
— Review of Refugees 2003 single work picture book -
Bookshelf
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 June 2004; (p. 11)
— Review of Where Is the Green Sheep? 2004 single work picture book ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book -
Animals, Boats and Shacks
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 265 2004; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Yardil 2004 single work picture book ; Lizzie Nonsense 2004 single work picture book ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book ; The Call of the Osprey 2004 single work picture book ; The Shack that Dad Built 2005 single work picture book -
[Review] Refugees
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 48 no. 2 2004; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Refugees 2003 single work picture book -
Of Murmels and Snigs : Detention-Centre Narratives in Australian Literature for Children and Young Adults
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 38-42)
— Review of From Nothing to Zero : Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres 2003 anthology correspondence ; Walk in My Shoes 2004 single work novel ; Dark Dreams : Australian Refugee Stories 2004 anthology autobiography biography essay poetry ; Alyzon Whitestarr 2005 single work novel ; No Place Like Home : Australian Stories by Young Writers Aged 8-21 Years 2005 anthology biography short story autobiography essay ; Number 8 2006 single work novel ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; Girl Underground 2004 single work children's fiction ; Soraya the Storyteller 2004 single work children's fiction ; Ali the Bold Heart 2006 single work picture book ; Another Country 2004 anthology poetry autobiography prose diary correspondence ; Refugees 2003 single work picture book ; The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (Who Can't Help Flying High and Falling in Deep) 2005 single work children's fiction ; Dancing the Boom-Cha-Cha Boogie 2005 single work picture book ; Dreaming Australia 2004 single work novel -
A Vision Splendid
2005
single work
column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 61) -
The Arrival of the Rainbow Bird : The Migration Experience in Picture Books
2008
single work
essay
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 16 no. 1 2008; (p. 4-5) Discusses the importance of recent Australian picture books that deal with the topic of refugees and immigrants, and those who ended up in detention centres.
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