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Mr Chicken
2014
series - author
children's fiction
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2009...
2009
Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
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'Mr Chicken has taken up his friend Yvette's invitation to visit Paris. As they journey together through the City of Love, Mr Chicken is overcome by the magic of all the city has to offer - and the inhabitants of this most stylish city don't quite know what to make of him. Mr Chicken will delight children of all ages.' (From the publisher's website.)
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
Food types - Everyday foods
- Processed foods
Food practices - Eating out - meal
- Eating out - snack
- Food serving
Gender - Food serving - male
Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Urban
Setting n/a Food as social cohesion - Rituals
- Social gatherings
- Relationships
Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
- Stereotyped ethnicity
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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Strolling Through the (Post)modern City: Modes of Being a Flâneur in Picture Books
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lion and the Unicorn , January vol. 36 no. 1 2012; (p. 56-74) 'The city and the urban condition, popular subjects of art, literature, and film, have been commonly represented as fragmented, isolating, violent, with silent crowds moving through the hustle and bustle of a noisy, polluted cityspace. Included in this diverse artistic field is children's literature—an area of creative and critical inquiry that continues to play a central role in illuminating and shaping perceptions of the city, of city lifestyles, and of the people who traverse the urban landscape. Fiction's textual representations of cities, its sites and sights, lifestyles and characters have drawn on traditions of realist, satirical, and fantastic writing to produce the protean urban story—utopian, dystopian, visionary, satirical—with the goal of offering an account or critique of the contemporary city and the urban condition. In writing about cities and urban life, children's literature variously locates the child in relation to the social (urban) space. This dialogic relation between subject and social space has been at the heart of writings about/of the flâneur: a figure who experiences modes of being in the city as it transforms under the influences of modernism and postmodernism. Within this context of a changing urban ontology brought about by (post)modern styles and practices, this article examines five contemporary picture books: The Cows Are Going to Paris by David Kirby and Allen Woodman; Ooh-la-la (Max in love) by Maira Kalman; Mr Chicken Goes to Paris and Old Tom's Holiday by Leigh Hobbs; and The Empty City by David Megarrity. I investigate the possibility of these texts reviving the act of flânerie, but in a way that enables different modes of being a flâneur, a neo-flâneur. I suggest that the neo-flâneur retains some of the characteristics of the original flâneur, but incorporates others that take account of the changes wrought by postmodernity and globalization, particularly tourism and consumption. The dual issue at the heart of the discussion is that tourism and consumption as agents of cultural globalization offer a different way of thinking about the phenomenon of flânerie. While the flâneur can be regarded as the precursor to the tourist, the discussion considers how different modes of flânerie, such as the tourist-flâneur, are an inevitable outcome of commodification of the activities that accompany strolling through the (post)modern urban space' (Author's abstract). -
Picture Book of the Year - Short List Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 9)
— Review of Schumann the Shoeman 2009 single work picture book ; To the Top End : Our Trip across Australia 2009 single work picture book ; Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3) -
Kids' Writers Queue Up for Kudos
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 2010; (p. 50-51) -
[Review] Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book
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Under Age
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 August 2009; (p. 23)
— Review of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
Mischief-Makers in Their Element
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of Clem Always Could 2009 single work picture book ; Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
Off the Shelf : Picture Book
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 August 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 50)
— Review of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Mr Chicken Goes to Paris 2009 single work picture book -
Kids' Writers Queue Up for Kudos
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 April 2010; (p. 50-51) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3) -
Strolling Through the (Post)modern City: Modes of Being a Flâneur in Picture Books
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lion and the Unicorn , January vol. 36 no. 1 2012; (p. 56-74) 'The city and the urban condition, popular subjects of art, literature, and film, have been commonly represented as fragmented, isolating, violent, with silent crowds moving through the hustle and bustle of a noisy, polluted cityspace. Included in this diverse artistic field is children's literature—an area of creative and critical inquiry that continues to play a central role in illuminating and shaping perceptions of the city, of city lifestyles, and of the people who traverse the urban landscape. Fiction's textual representations of cities, its sites and sights, lifestyles and characters have drawn on traditions of realist, satirical, and fantastic writing to produce the protean urban story—utopian, dystopian, visionary, satirical—with the goal of offering an account or critique of the contemporary city and the urban condition. In writing about cities and urban life, children's literature variously locates the child in relation to the social (urban) space. This dialogic relation between subject and social space has been at the heart of writings about/of the flâneur: a figure who experiences modes of being in the city as it transforms under the influences of modernism and postmodernism. Within this context of a changing urban ontology brought about by (post)modern styles and practices, this article examines five contemporary picture books: The Cows Are Going to Paris by David Kirby and Allen Woodman; Ooh-la-la (Max in love) by Maira Kalman; Mr Chicken Goes to Paris and Old Tom's Holiday by Leigh Hobbs; and The Empty City by David Megarrity. I investigate the possibility of these texts reviving the act of flânerie, but in a way that enables different modes of being a flâneur, a neo-flâneur. I suggest that the neo-flâneur retains some of the characteristics of the original flâneur, but incorporates others that take account of the changes wrought by postmodernity and globalization, particularly tourism and consumption. The dual issue at the heart of the discussion is that tourism and consumption as agents of cultural globalization offer a different way of thinking about the phenomenon of flânerie. While the flâneur can be regarded as the precursor to the tourist, the discussion considers how different modes of flânerie, such as the tourist-flâneur, are an inevitable outcome of commodification of the activities that accompany strolling through the (post)modern urban space' (Author's abstract).
Awards
- 2011 winner COOL Award — Picture Book
- 2011 winner KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2010 shortlisted YABBA — Picture Storybook
- 2010 honour book KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2010 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Children's Fiction
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