Robin Morrow Robin Morrow i(A26551 works by)
Born: Established: 1942 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Fortunate Lives : Societal Ideologies in Two Award Winning Australian Picture Books Robin Morrow , single work criticism
1 Storytime with Grandma in the Age of Covid Robin Morrow , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 36 no. 1 2021; (p. 12-13)

'Schools in NSW were closing in March 2020, and children beginning home learning, a challenge for them, their teachers and their parents. I have always been a proponent of reading aloud so the phone call should not have come as a surprise.' (Introduction)

1 Jury Duty for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards Robin Morrow , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 35 no. 4 2020; (p. 14-16)
'On a hot January day, with the bushfires raging in many parts of Australia and the air thick with smoke and ash, it was strange to be packing a down-filled jacket, wool-lined boots and warm gloves, in readiness for a flight to Munich.' (Introduction)
1 Children's Books in Translation Robin Morrow , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , November vol. 32 no. 5 2017; (p. 4-6)

'If we care about the role of reading in opening up young minds to new ideas and viewpoints, surely it is vital to have access to books from other languages and cultures. Some of the books firmly established on our shelves spring to mind ; Pippi Longstocking, Finn Family Moomintroll, the Neverending Story, The Little Prince. But a closer look at titles bought and borrowed by young Australian Readers today confirms two worries that I brought to the topic ; that the proportion of translated books is till small, and that very few of them have been translated here in Australia.' (Introduction)

1 A Long Way from Grub Street Robin Morrow , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 32 no. 3 2017; (p. 18-19)

'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)

1 Maurice Saxby : December 1924-December 2014 Robin Morrow , 2015 single work obituary (for H. M. Saxby )
— Appears in: Bookbird , vol. 53 no. 2 2015; (p. 94-95)

'After service in World War II, he trained as a teacher and continued studying literature throughout his long life; helped found the Children's Book Council of Australia; and passionately supported the development of school libraries. Wherever he went, former students would greet him with 'Maurie, you taught me to know and love books!' When Ena Noël founded IBBY Australia in the 1960s, Maurice immediately gave support; over the following decades, he provided continuity for succeeding IBBY Australia presidents, and in recent years he gave wise advice and encouragement to Jenni Woodroffe and me and our colleagues.' (Publication abstract)

1 [Essay] : Mirror Robin Morrow , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;

'When a full account of the rise and fall of the printed book is written, the year 2010 will be seen as a turning point. It had become clear to even a mildly interested observer that the book as physical object was under siege. To read long-text books and journal or news articles, many people were turning to tablets and e-books; even I had begun to read Dickens novels on an iPad. But the picture book was mounting a powerful defensive skirmish. Lane Smith’s It’s a Book! appeared in the US, with cartoon animals asking ‘Do you scroll down? Does it need a password? No, it’s a book!’, a reminder that, as Adam Gopnik wrote about it,’what books do depends on the totality of what they are’. In Australia, where picture books have for decades been both innovative and respected, books without words were among leaders of the charge. The Picture Book of the Year award in 2010 went to Gregory Rogers’ wordless The Hero of Little Street; three years earlier the winner had been Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, an album of 128 pages, with nary a word except for some signs in an invented language.'

1 Cover Book : Too Many Elephants in This House Robin Morrow , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 8)

— Review of Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky , 2012 single work picture book
1 [Review] A Bus Called Heaven Robin Morrow , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 26 no. 5 2011; (p. 31)

— Review of A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book
1 Mirrors and Windows Robin Morrow , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 11)
1 Ursula Dubosarsky : In Love with Language Robin Morrow , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 26 no. 3 2011; (p. 4-6)
1 Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Robin Morrow , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 8-18)

— Review of Drawn from the Heart : A Memoir Ron Brooks , 2010 single work autobiography
1 Untitled Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of The Lost Treasure Jan Stradling , 2010 single work children's fiction
1 Untitled Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 18)

— Review of All through the Night Dean Jones , 2010 single work picture book
1 [Review] Mirror Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies :Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of Mirror Jeannie Baker , 2010 single work picture book
1 Untitled Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 49)

— Review of Rufus the Numbat David Miller , 2010 single work picture book
1 Untitled Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 48)

— Review of Kumiko and the Dragon's Secret Briony Stewart , 2010 single work children's fiction
1 Advocate for Children's Literature : Maurice Saxby Robin Morrow , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 25 no. 1 2010; (p. 8-9)
1 [Review] Lilli and Her Shadow Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 23)

— Review of Lilli and Her Shadow Patricia Lynette Dudgeon , Laura Dudgeon , 2010 single work children's fiction
1 Untitled Robin Morrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 22)

— Review of Miss Llewellyn-Jones Goes to Town Elaine Forrestal , 2010 single work picture book
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