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'The wheat is ripe, but the harvester is broken and a plague of locusts is on the way. It looks as if Jim and his mother may lose the farm. But when Jim show kindness to a stranger, their fortunes are set to change in the most surprising way imaginable!' (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
- Featured
- Storyline
Food types - Everyday foods
- Everyday drinks
- Discretionary foods
- High sugar foods
- Fresh foods
Food practices - Eating in - snack
- Food production
Gender - Food production - female
Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Domestic
- Rural
Setting - Rural landscape
- Normalising the fantastical
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
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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[Review] Little Elephants
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book -
Moving Pictures
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Monsieur Albert Rides to Glory 2012 single work picture book ; Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book ; Good Night, Sleep Tight 2012 single work picture book ; Queen Victoria's Christmas 2012 single work picture book -
Thresholds
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2012 - January 2013 no. 347 2012; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Unforgotten 2012 single work picture book ; Peggy : A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure 2012 single work picture book ; Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book ; Tree : A Little Story about Big Things 2012 single work picture book -
[Review] Little Elephants
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 27 no. 5 2012; (p. 28)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book -
[Review] Little Elephants
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 13)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book
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[Review] Little Elephants
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 13)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book -
[Review] Little Elephants
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 27 no. 5 2012; (p. 28)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book -
Thresholds
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2012 - January 2013 no. 347 2012; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Unforgotten 2012 single work picture book ; Peggy : A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure 2012 single work picture book ; Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book ; Tree : A Little Story about Big Things 2012 single work picture book -
Moving Pictures
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 December 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of Monsieur Albert Rides to Glory 2012 single work picture book ; Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book ; Good Night, Sleep Tight 2012 single work picture book ; Queen Victoria's Christmas 2012 single work picture book -
[Review] Little Elephants
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Little Elephants 2012 single work picture book
Awards
- 2013 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Young Children
- 2013 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children
- 2012 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Children's Fiction (Told Primarily Through Pictures)
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