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'Dougie and his sisters can't remember the last time it rained. The rainwater tanks are empty, and the river is a string of muddy pools where birds and animals come seeking water. One day, Dougie's dad tells him about his grandfather's gift for water witching. Dougie wishes he were a water witcher - then they would have a well.' (Publication summary)
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Included in the 2007 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.
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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 n/a Food practices - Food production
Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Rural
- Historical
Setting - Rural landscape
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
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And Now for a Well Known Female Writer
2008
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May 2008 vol. 52 no. 2 2008; (p. 12-13) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007
2007
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12) -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 51 no. 2 2007; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
Books Kids
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 November 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 October 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
Celebrating the Ordinary
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 57-59)
— Review of Waltzing Matilda 2006 single work picture book ; The Thirsty Flowers 2006 single work picture book ; Nog the Nag Bird 2006 single work picture book ; Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair 2006 single work picture book ; Eight 2006 single work picture book ; A Particular Cow 2006 single work picture book ; Chatterbox 2006 single work picture book ; Midsummer Knight 2006 single work picture book ; Uno's Garden 2006 single work picture book ; Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book ; Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella 2006 single work picture book ; Kestrel 2006 single work picture book ; Bobbie Dazzler 2006 single work picture book ; Bushranger Bill 2006 single work picture book ; Moon Bear Rescue 2006 single work picture book ; The Friends of Apple Street 2006 single work picture book ; The Music Tree 2006 single work picture book ; It's Christmas 2006 single work picture book ; Pemberthy Bear 2006 single work picture book ; Samsara Dog 2006 single work children's fiction ; Norman and Brenda 2006 single work picture book -
Books Kids
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 November 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Water Witcher 2006 single work picture book -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007
2007
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12) -
And Now for a Well Known Female Writer
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May 2008 vol. 52 no. 2 2008; (p. 12-13)
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