Children's Book Week Supplement Highlights Australian Winners
Professor K C Masterman notes rising standards in Australian children's books with the annual Childrens Book of the Year award. The panel lauds local and British publishers and illustrators, cites Nan Chauncy as a multi award winner, and remarks that picture books struggle to meet high writing and illustration standards. The ACT Book Council plans seminars and lists of top titles for all ages to be released during Book Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masterman
Children’s Book Council
Otherta
ACT
England
Newbery
USA
Oxford Press
Brimmond
Nan Chauncy
Kate Greenaway
Great Britain
Caldecott
Jean de Brunhoft
France
Edward Ardizzone
ACT Book Council
Canberra
Est
Pastures of the Blue Crane reviewed by Brinsmead
A critical look at Pastures of the Blue Crane by N F Brinsmead, noting its troubled yet vigorous depiction of youth and old age. The novel follows Amaryllis an orphan raised partly in Melbourne and Dusty and other central figures as they inherit a coastal property and confront life’s rough edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amaryllis
Melbourne
New South Wales
Pews
Kowriling School
Murwallumbsih
Nallseeste Rutinkii
Ashier
Baily
Lenina
Hevonil
Shipko
Taylan
Lake Alvantage
Andl
Tale of Island Mystery Drives Children to Distant Shores
A fragmented group story by John Powell centers on a voyage to Munted Island where boys on a yacht uncover a message from ships docked in the Tarst War era. Girls aboard a strange vessel reach the island. the tale follows two generations as families settle, marry, and uncover the shipwreck mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lnst
Siuey
Aril Lime
Bibb amity Tribe history and early Western Australia encounters
A fragmented account covers Yagan of the Bibb amity Tribe on Western Australia’s Swan River coast. It notes Native resilience, clashes with white sailors, and retaliations amid colonial tension. It mentions Governor Stirling and local loyalties shaping settler Indigenous relations and highlights Durrgeh’s dignified style and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jie
Yagan
Western Australia
Swan River
Yuan
Javourie
Shell
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D.j’s
D.j's
Wild Fang
Treasure Island
Cherry Ames
Walt Disney
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New Puffin Books
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Evie Matcles
W. 8
Ramson
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P. L. Travers
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Ender
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Nelson
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Asparagus Castle
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Bestie Memorial Bible House
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Mary
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Annette Macarthur-Comsion
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Ward
Shakespeare
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C. Walter Hodges
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Annette Macarthurr-Onslow
Oxford University Press
Children's Book Council of Australia
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Hugh's Zoo
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Constable Young Books
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Three Robbers
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Gow
Phlis Krasilovsky
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Never Parker
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Colwell
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Garema Place
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