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'When Acacia, the beautiful daughter of a bankrupt landowner, falls in love with Okra, a young Aboriginal stockman, their love seems doomed. But these two are determined nothing will keep them apart. Based on the Chinese tale The Willow Pattern Plate, the story, set in the Australian countryside, is illustrated with Brigitte Stoddart’s very fine papercuts.'

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[Review] Okra and Acacia Philip S. Kidner , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 46 no. 2 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate Libby Hathorn , 2002 single work children's fiction

A Parade of Picture Books Christine Andell , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 10-11)

[Review] Okra and Acacia Anne Davies , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 25)
— Review of Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate Libby Hathorn , 2002 single work children's fiction

[Review] Okra and Acacia Moira Robinson , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 17 no. 1 2002; (p. 31)
— Review of Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate Libby Hathorn , 2002 single work children's fiction

Who Is It For Again? Margaret Robson Kett , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 240 2002; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Potato People Pamela Allen , 2001 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate Libby Hathorn , 2002 single work children's fiction ; Confessions of a Bad Dog James Cattell , 2002 single work picture book ; Jirrbal : Rainforest Dreamtime Stories 2001 selected work prose autobiography

Animals to Grab 'em by Their Tales Rachel Buchanan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 March 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog James Cattell , 2002 single work picture book ; The House of Narcissus Margaret Wild , 2001 single work picture book ; Sand Swimmers : The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart Narelle Oliver , 1999 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate Libby Hathorn , 2002 single work children's fiction

A Parade of Picture Books Christine Andell , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 10-11)

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