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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 [Review] Shaozhen
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'Shaozhen is a fine addition to the Through My Eyes ... series. Set in the northern province of Henan during the terrible drought of 2014, it tells the story of a young boy whose family's way of life is crumbling before his eyes. Wai Chim's story is a real eye-opener. It brings to life the predicament of farming families in rural China, where drought threatens livelihoods and political systems make solutions hard to come by. (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Magpies : Talking About Books for Children vol. 32 no. 4 September 2017 12542106 2017 periodical issue

    'Rolling a hitherto unknown word off the tongue or rediscovering an under-used word can be very satisfying in, I suspect, the manner of young children who seem to savour words for their sound. However, when you consider the importance of those words, those 26 letters employed to craft them cannot be over estimated : they are the building blocks of expression, and lifters of communication, thought, ideas, instruction ... all arranged in a myriad of combinations to produce, according to the 2nd edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, 171,486 words in current use. Add the many languages around the world and the concept is mind-blowing.' (Editorial)

    2017
    pg. 36
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  • Shaozhen Wai Chim 2017 single work children's fiction
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