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Year: 2004
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Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat
Stephen Michael King
(illustrator),
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2003
Z1049955
2003
single work
picture book
children's
Milli could take a thing that was a nothing and turn it into a something. She could find any old forgotten this or that, give it a bit of a wiggle, and transform it into something amazing. But no one in her town valued what Milli could do, and she was far too shy to insist. No one ever wanted anything special. So Milli spent her time making brown shoes, black shoes and plain old work boots.
But then comes the day two vagabonds roll into town - crazy Jack and his dancing cat. Sturdy new boots are exactly what they need, but what can they give Milli in exchange? Dancing lessons! So they teach her jazz and ballet and tap. They do the two-step, the three-step and the tricky-twisting-backward-slide-four-step. And Milli begins to feel brave and free. So she makes them the most beautiful shoes she can imagine. She rustles up a few amazing things for herself, too. And eventually even the townspeople have to take notice.
Source: Allen and Unwin
(https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/picture-books/Milli-Jack-and-the-Dancing-Cat-Stephen-Michael-King-9781865087474)
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Year: 2003
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A Bee in Ben's Bonnet
Kim Gamble
(illustrator),
Milsons Point
:
Random House
,
2002
Z974213
2002
single work
picture book
children's
humour
Ben lives in a very large house with his very large family. He wants his very large family to celebrate his birthday, so he leaves his room to ask them, one by one. Ben feels that his birthday has been forgotten and that everyone is too busy to give him any attention, until he gets a surprise at the end. This picture book uses popular cliches or expressions to tell its story, so that children are introduced to popular and colloquial sayings.
