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'In 2005, television news around the world reported the terrible starvation that was killing thousands of people in Niger. As a result, Colin Thompson ... called together thirteen talented and internationally famous illustrators to create a book to raise money to try to help ... The illustrators who ... contributed to this startling book have all done so for free. All royalties earned will be donated to the Save the Children organisation in Australia.' (Publisher's blurb)
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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
Food practices n/a 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 n/a Food as cultural identity - White characters
- Non-Anglo characters
- Refugee story
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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Visions and Values : The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children's Literature 2016; (p. 205-221)'The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) administers the oldest national prize for children’s literature in Australia. Each year, the CBCA confers “Book of the Year” awards to literature for young people in five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books. In recent years the Picture Book category has emerged as a highly visible space within which the CBCA can contest discourses of cultural marginalization which construct Australian (‘colonial’) literature as inferior or adjunct to the major Anglophone literary traditions, and children’s literature as lesser than its adult counterpart. The CBCA has moved from asserting its authority by withholding judgment in the award’s early years towards asserting expertise via overtly politicized selections in the twenty-first century. Reading across the CBCA’s selections of picture books allows for insights into wider trends in Australian children’s literature and culture, and suggests a conscious engagement with social as well as literary values on the part of the CBCA in the twenty-first century.'
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008
2008
single work
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9) -
[Untitled]
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 2008; (p. 7)
— Review of Dust 2007 single work picture book -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 21 no. 3 2007; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Dust 2007 single work picture book -
Whacko's Egg-Cellent Adventure
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Whacko the Chook 2007 single work picture book ; Circus Carnivore 2005 single work picture book ; Boris Monster, Scared of Nothing 2007 single work picture book ; Dust 2007 single work picture book
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 22 no. 2 2007; (p. 32)
— Review of Dust 2007 single work picture book -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 July 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Dust 2007 single work picture book -
Group of Eclectic Jewels
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 July 2007; (p. 18)
— Review of Shhh! Little Mouse 2007 single work picture book ; Whacko the Chook 2007 single work picture book ; Ziba Came on a Boat 2007 single work picture book ; Dust 2007 single work picture book -
Whacko's Egg-Cellent Adventure
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 September 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Whacko the Chook 2007 single work picture book ; Circus Carnivore 2005 single work picture book ; Boris Monster, Scared of Nothing 2007 single work picture book ; Dust 2007 single work picture book -
[Untitled]
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 2008; (p. 7)
— Review of Dust 2007 single work picture book -
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) -
Visions and Values : The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children's Literature 2016; (p. 205-221)'The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) administers the oldest national prize for children’s literature in Australia. Each year, the CBCA confers “Book of the Year” awards to literature for young people in five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books. In recent years the Picture Book category has emerged as a highly visible space within which the CBCA can contest discourses of cultural marginalization which construct Australian (‘colonial’) literature as inferior or adjunct to the major Anglophone literary traditions, and children’s literature as lesser than its adult counterpart. The CBCA has moved from asserting its authority by withholding judgment in the award’s early years towards asserting expertise via overtly politicized selections in the twenty-first century. Reading across the CBCA’s selections of picture books allows for insights into wider trends in Australian children’s literature and culture, and suggests a conscious engagement with social as well as literary values on the part of the CBCA in the twenty-first century.'