White Time
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2006
Z1830632
2006
selected work
short story
young adult
science fiction
fantasy
(taught in 1 units)
This is Our House
Bob Graham
(illustrator),
London
:
Walker Books [London]
,
1996
Z1009082
1996
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 1 units)
The Lost Thing
Shaun Tan
(illustrator),
Port Melbourne
:
Lothian
,
2000
Z668356
2000
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 11 units)
'A boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Realising it is lost, he tries to find out who owns it or where it belongs, but is met with indifference from everyone else, who barely notice its presence, each unwilling to entertain this uninvited interruption to their day to day lives. For reasons he does not explain, the boy empathises with the creature, and sets out to find a 'place' for it.'
Trust Me!
Paul Collins
(editor),
Ormond
:
Ford Street
,
2008
Z1498140
2008
anthology
poetry
short story
children's
young adult
mystery
crime
horror
science fiction
romance
fantasy
historical fiction
(taught in 1 units)
'Trust Me!, edited by Paul Collins with a foreword by Isobelle Carmody, is a genre collection of original stories, poems and illustrations from Australia's leading children's writers and illustrators. The contents page includes Andy Griffiths, Gary Crew, Shaun Tan, Leigh Hobbs, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick and many others. Poetry and stories by various authors around the themes of adventure, crime, fantasy, science fiction, romance, thriller, horror, historical, etc ' --Provided by publisher
Culler, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Rosen, This Is Our House
Reeve, Fever Crumb
Gaiman, Coraline
This unit introduces students to contemporary literary and cultural theories pertinent to reading and analysing texts produced for children. Students will develop their own research projects that address a key analytical aspect of children’s literature. Research topics include social and historical contexts for the production and reception of children's literature; constructions of childhood; semiotics of visual and verbal texts; critical approaches to children's texts; ideology and value; and classics, canons and postmodernity.
