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y separately published work icon Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way . . .

'Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world. Charlie likes taking baths and watching his garden grow.

'So how can Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley be such good friends?' (Publisher's blurb)

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Unit Suitable For

AC: Year 1 (NSW Stage 1)

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Information and communication technology, Literacy

Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

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Teacher’s notes from publisher’s website.

Notes

  • 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 drinks
    Food practices
    • Eating in - snack
    Gender

    n/a

    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value

    n/a

    Food as sense of place n/a
    Setting n/a
    Food as social cohesion
    • Relationships [comfort food]
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity
    • Food names [title characters]
    Food as language

    n/a

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Chinese and Korean.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2007 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Australia.
      Extent: 20p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9780670070947, 0670070947
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2009 .
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      ISBN: 9780143503071, 0143503073
Alternative title: 最最最要好的朋友
Transliterated title: Zui zui zui yao hao de peng you
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

CBCA Awards - Acceptance Speeches : Aaron Blabey Aaron Blabey , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 4)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9)
Kids' Author on a Winning Roll Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 5)
An Early Taste of Literature Angie Schiavone , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 33)

— Review of The Ghost's Child Sonya Hartnett , 2007 single work novel ; Dragon Moon Carole Wilkinson , 2007 single work children's fiction ; Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book ; Requiem for a Beast Matt Ottley , 2007 single work graphic novel ; Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books Frances Watts , 2007 single work picture book
A review of the category winners in the 2008 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.
From Loo Paper Draft to Award, Children's Author Is on a Roll Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 August 2008; (p. 3)
Books Kids Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 June 2007; (p. 26)

— Review of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book
Untitled Margaret Hamilton , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 86 no. 9 2007; (p. 61)

— Review of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 July 2007; (p. 35)

— Review of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 22 no. 3 2007; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book
Untitled Virginia Lowe , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 25)

— Review of Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey , 2007 single work picture book
From Loo Paper Draft to Award, Children's Author Is on a Roll Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 16 August 2008; (p. 3)
Kids' Author on a Winning Roll Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 August 2008; (p. 5)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9)
CBCA Awards - Acceptance Speeches : Aaron Blabey Aaron Blabey , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 4)
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