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Officially launched by J. M. Coetzee at the Jade Monkey, Twin St., Adelaide, South Australia, 8th October 2007.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it uses imagery from the Middle East.
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Works about this Work
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The Politics of Picture Books : Stories of Displaced Children in Twenty-first-century Australia
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 339-356)'This article uses cultural representations to write refugee history. It examines twenty-first-century picture books about displaced children, alongside published responses to them, to explore how refugee experiences and histories are constructed, both for and about children, in an Australian context. The visual literary form of picture books as political texts is examined as a space for discussion and dialogue. Published responses to them, however, more commonly reveal rigid interpretations of imagined readers, invoking binary divisions between displaced and non-displaced children. Through these sources, questions of humanisation and (de)politicisations in refugee history are considered.' (Publication abstract)
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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. -
[Review] Rainbow Bird
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of Rainbow Bird 2007 single work picture book -
[Review] Rainbow Bird
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 9 - 22 November no. 329 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of Rainbow Bird 2007 single work picture book
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[Review] Rainbow Bird
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 9 - 22 November no. 329 2007; (p. 30)
— Review of Rainbow Bird 2007 single work picture book -
[Review] Rainbow Bird
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 52 no. 1 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of Rainbow Bird 2007 single work picture book -
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. -
The Politics of Picture Books : Stories of Displaced Children in Twenty-first-century Australia
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 339-356)'This article uses cultural representations to write refugee history. It examines twenty-first-century picture books about displaced children, alongside published responses to them, to explore how refugee experiences and histories are constructed, both for and about children, in an Australian context. The visual literary form of picture books as political texts is examined as a space for discussion and dialogue. Published responses to them, however, more commonly reveal rigid interpretations of imagined readers, invoking binary divisions between displaced and non-displaced children. Through these sources, questions of humanisation and (de)politicisations in refugee history are considered.' (Publication abstract)
