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y separately published work icon Belonging single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Belonging
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Belonging Jeannie Baker (illustrator), Jeannie Baker , 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)

Social Justice and Children's Literature University of Wollongong 2015 (Semester 2)
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