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"We can make this garden a sacred site, and protect it, yes we can." (Cover blurb)
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Demon Guards the School Yard is a narrative text in novel form
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Children's Literature About Country
BlackWords : Children's Literature About Country
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 6) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss addresses the increasing number of Aboriginal authored children's and young adult literature published that focuses on the 'meaning of place' in an Indigenous context. She demonstrates this by selecting writings and stories from regions such as remote, semi-remote and desert to tropics, which showcase the diversity of life in different parts of Indigenous Australia and the essence of Aboriginal storytelling.
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Feature Series : Yarning Strong
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 8-14)
— Review of Identity Anthology 2011 anthology poetry column drama ; Just the Skin You're Livin' In 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Chainsaw File 2011 single work children's fiction ; Jindah Murray Wind Dancer 2011 single work children's fiction ; We Are Family We Are Deadly 2011 single work children's fiction ; His Father's Eyes 2011 single work children's fiction ; Ngalga Mathematics 2011 single work children's fiction ; I Made It I Own It 2011 single work children's fiction ; Crossroads 2011 single work children's fiction ; Milly's Secret 2011 single work children's fiction ; Caught and Court 2011 single work children's fiction ; More Than Just a Piece of Land 2011 single work graphic novel ; Common Ground 2011 single work children's fiction ; Demon Guards the School Yard 2011 single work children's fiction ; Land Anthology 2011 anthology extract poetry lyric/song drama ; Law Anthology 2011 anthology extract poetry drama ; Family Anthology 2011 anthology poetry prose ; Dallas Davis, the Scientist and the City Kids 2011 single work children's fiction
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Feature Series : Yarning Strong
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 8-14)
— Review of Identity Anthology 2011 anthology poetry column drama ; Just the Skin You're Livin' In 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Chainsaw File 2011 single work children's fiction ; Jindah Murray Wind Dancer 2011 single work children's fiction ; We Are Family We Are Deadly 2011 single work children's fiction ; His Father's Eyes 2011 single work children's fiction ; Ngalga Mathematics 2011 single work children's fiction ; I Made It I Own It 2011 single work children's fiction ; Crossroads 2011 single work children's fiction ; Milly's Secret 2011 single work children's fiction ; Caught and Court 2011 single work children's fiction ; More Than Just a Piece of Land 2011 single work graphic novel ; Common Ground 2011 single work children's fiction ; Demon Guards the School Yard 2011 single work children's fiction ; Land Anthology 2011 anthology extract poetry lyric/song drama ; Law Anthology 2011 anthology extract poetry drama ; Family Anthology 2011 anthology poetry prose ; Dallas Davis, the Scientist and the City Kids 2011 single work children's fiction -
Children's Literature About Country
BlackWords : Children's Literature About Country
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 6) The BlackWords Essays 2019;In this essay Heiss addresses the increasing number of Aboriginal authored children's and young adult literature published that focuses on the 'meaning of place' in an Indigenous context. She demonstrates this by selecting writings and stories from regions such as remote, semi-remote and desert to tropics, which showcase the diversity of life in different parts of Indigenous Australia and the essence of Aboriginal storytelling.