Issue Details: First known date: 2017... vol. 32 no. 3 July 2017 of Magpies : Talking About Books for Children est. 1986-1995 Magpies : Talking About Books for Children
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'It is the unexpected moments that make you sit back and think, or just smile, that can make your day. Yesterday I opened a box of books for review from Scholastic and for the first time noticed the text on the inside of the flaps. It read 'When you open my world with books everything becomes possible.' It reminded me of the famous quote from Dr Seuss in I can Read with my Eyes Shut : 'the more that you read, the more things you will know. The more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go'. I had to go to a list of quotes from Seuss ( and there are many) to check the exact wording and also found another quote from him : 'So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.'' 

(Introduction)

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* Contents derived from the 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Louise Park and Susannah McFarlane on Co-Authoring, Louise Park , Susannah McFarlane , single work essay

'For the past eight years Susannah McFarlane and Louise Park have co-written fantasy action books aimed at getting the most reluctant of readers, often boys, hooked into reading. Under the name Mac Park, Susannah and Louise have created the much loved Boy vs Beast (Scholastic) and, in July, the new series D-Bot Squad is launched by Allen & Unwin. Susannah and Lousie, who live in different cities, talk about their rather unique writing partnership.' (Introduction)

(p. 8-9)
Know the Author : Susanne Gervay A Portrait of Courage, Fran Knight , single work essay

'Susanne Gervay was in Adelaide recently, a recipient of a Creative Time Residential Fellowship from the May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust. We met a Cibo's coffee shop in Hutt St to shear some thoughts about writing and her work. Before we met I naturally googles and found much of the same sort of information that you can easily find out about authors, but there were several things that intrigued me.' (Introduction)

(p. 12-13)
Cover Book : Koala by Claire Saxby, Rayma Turton , single work essay

'The stuffed toy koalas seen in tourist shops have only a sanitised resemblance to Saxby's and Vivas's real life koala ; Nor do their animals live and idyllic life in an arcadian landscape. Their koala lives in the real world and needs to survive the vicissitudes of life in the Australian bush.' (Introduction)

(p. 14)
Stepping into Oz Literature, Joy Lawn , single work essay

'In the midst of the riches of picture books, novels, graphic novels and illustrated books published around the world., let's look at what is unique about Australian books for young people. Our land and country is unique. We are an island, so are geographically quite isolated. Our vast space inspires the settings of our literature, as does our climate(which is often warm and sunny but can be quite variable) and our bright light is reflected in our writing and illustrative styles- vibrant, innovative, and sometimes bold and audacious.' (Introduction)

(p. 15-17)
A Long Way from Grub Street, Robin Morrow , single work essay

'Small, independent imprints have made a valuable contribution to the publishing of books for children in Australia. Such publishers have often been likened to mushrooms, springing up on the forest floor when conditions are right, making good use of the nutritious spaces left by the  -often non-native -giant trees.' (Introduction)

(p. 18-19)

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