Moira Robinson Moira Robinson i(A13320 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 [Review] The Endsister Moira Robinson , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Endsister Penni Russon , 2018 single work children's fiction
1 [Review] The Hole Moira Robinson , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 33 no. 2 2018; (p. 33)

— Review of The Hole Kerry Brown , 2018 single work picture book
1 [Review] The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome Moira Robinson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , November vol. 32 no. 5 2017; (p. 37)

— Review of The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome Katrina Nannestad , 2017 single work children's fiction

'Freja finds herself in Rome almost by accident. Her mother is ill in a Swiss sanatorium, but before she went, she made sure that Freja would be safe, living with her old friend Tobias. Tobias is happy to oblige, but is quite unprepared for the floods of tears that overcome Freja when she thinks about her mother. tobias is a writer of mystery who-dun-its and Freja has recently discovered a pile of them under the phone. One evening tears overcome her yet again and, looking around for inspiration, she happens to see the book she's reading at the moment, Rome's Reward.'  (Introduction)

1 [Review] Jehan and the Quest for the Lost Dog Moira Robinson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , November vol. 32 no. 5 2017; (p. 36)

— Review of Jehan and the Quest of the Lost Dog Rosanne Hawke , 2017 single work children's fiction

'It wasn't a dream. The water was still there - the biggest flood he had seen in his life. The Indus River had become a sea. It fills Jehan with despair. where is he? Where is Amir, his younger brother whom he was holding onto when he was engulfed by the flood? where are is parents, last seen trying to stop the mud walls of their house collapsing? When he becomes fully conscious , he discovers he is wedged in a tree along with the string bed he had clung to as he was swept down the river.' (Introduction)

1 [Review] In the Dark Spaces Moira Robinson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 32 no. 4 2017; (p. 42)

— Review of In the Dark Spaces Cally Black , 2017 single work novel

'Me and Lazella don't wanna head back to Earth. What's the point of spending a lifetime travelling to be old somewhere we never been before? who knows if the sky would look as blue through a pair of hundred year old eyes anyway. This is Tamara musing near the beginning of quite a long and complicated Space story. Tamara is an orphan brought up by her Aunt Lazella and smuggled aboard a freighter carrying phosphorous and helium from distant mining operations.' (Introduction)

1 Review : The Family with Two Front Doors Moira Robinson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 31 no. 1 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of The Family with Two Front Doors Anna Ciddor , 2016 single work children's fiction
1 [Review Essay] Spark Moira Robinson , 2016 single work review essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 31)

'The author of this grim account of a bushfire actually knows firsthand what it's like: he ran for safety with his Oma when he was just eleven years old during the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983. Adam Wallace has written the story as if he was the fire itself.' (Introduction).

1 [Review Essay] Wonderlands ; The Illustration Art of Robert Ingpen Moira Robinson , 2016 single work essay review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 24)

'This handsome volume is remarkable in several ways. First it marks the 80th birthday of its creator, Robert Ingpen, who already has two books listed for publication in 2016. Secondly, it is a book about his books, nearly 100 of them, and Robert is still hard at work on them.' (Introduction)

1 Review : Reindeer’s Christmas Surprise Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 30 no. 5 2015; (p. 29)

— Review of Reindeer's Christmas Surprise Ursula Dubosarsky , 2014 single work picture book
1 Review : Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 36)

— Review of Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars Martine Murray , 2015 single work children's fiction
1 Review : How the Sun Got to Coco's House Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 30 no. 4 2015; (p. 29)

— Review of How the Sun Got to Coco’s House Bob Graham , 2015 single work picture book
1 Review : Bob the Railway Dog Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 30)

— Review of Bob, the Railway Dog Corinne Fenton , 2015 single work picture book
1 Review : Newspaper Hats Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 28)

— Review of Newspaper Hats Phil Cummings , 2015 single work picture book
1 Review : Platypus Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 30 no. 3 2015; (p. 22)

— Review of Platypus Sue Whiting , 2015 single work picture book
1 Review : Celebrating Australia Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 38)

— Review of Celebrating Australia - A Year In Poetry Lorraine Marwood , 2015 selected work poetry
1 Review : The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip Moira Robinson , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 22)

— Review of The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip Michael Sedunary , 2015 single work biography
1 Meet the ANZACS by Claire Saxby & Max Berry, Midnight by Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac, The Poppy by Andrew Plant Moira Robinson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 22 no. 2 2014; (p. 6)

— Review of Meet... The ANZACs Claire Saxby , 2014 single work information book ; Midnight : The Story of a Light Horse Mark Greenwood , 2014 single work picture book ; The Poppy Andrew Plant , 2014 single work picture book
1 Review : Tashi and the Wicked Magician and Other Stories Moira Robinson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of Tashi and the Wicked Magician and Other Stories Anna Fienberg , Barbara Fienberg , 2014 selected work children's fiction
1 Review : One Night Moira Robinson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 29 no. 5 2014; (p. 26)

— Review of One Night Penny Matthews , 2014 single work picture book
1 Review : The Cleo Stories Moira Robinson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 29 no. 4 2014; (p. 28)

— Review of The Cleo Stories : The Necklace and The Present Libby Gleeson , 2014 selected work picture book
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