Queenie:One Elephant’s Story. Corinne Fenton, ill. Peter Gouldthorpe. ISBN 9781742032153(2012) paperback, $16.95, Walker Books. This book (reprinted from the 2006 edition) is based on the real life story of an elephantwho was born in India toward the very end of the 19th century, wascaught when… the hunters found herand shipped to Australia to live herContinue reading “Queenie. One Elephant’s Story.”
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Review: A Bush Christmas C.J. Dennis, ill, Dee Huxley.
ABush Christmas, C.J. Dennis, illustrated by Dee Huxley,black dog books, ISBN 9781742032078, (2011) paperback, $16.95. This exquisitely illustrated version of Dennis’ iconicAustralian poem, (first published in the Herald newspaper 24th December1931[1])is a reprint of the Huxley’s book from 2008 and is out just in time forChristmas 2011. It is the one day of the yearContinue reading “Review: A Bush Christmas C.J. Dennis, ill, Dee Huxley.”
Children’s book review, ‘A Bus called Heaven’ by Bob Graham.
‘A Bus called heaven’ by Bob Graham, Walker books 2011, ISBN:978 1 4063 3419 7, RRP $27.95 Hb.. With current discussions going on in literary (and otherinterested) circles about whether the electronic readers will eventually leadto the demise of books, it is a welcome relief that this latest book from wellknown children’s author/illustrator Graham provesContinue reading “Children’s book review, ‘A Bus called Heaven’ by Bob Graham.”
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