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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 The World That We Want
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Nine different habitats and forty-five fascinating creatures feature in this spectacular portrayal of the rare and fragile beauty of North Queensland. Search through the ecosystems, discover the unique creatures and find out how these environmental worlds interact. (Source: Trove)

Exhibitions

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Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to finding the balance.
  • Dedication: Love always to my daughter Casey Elle and special thanks to my friend Allan Sheather.
  • Each illustration in this book has been hand drawn and painted on silk using a combination of a latex-based ink called gutta and dyes blended like watercolour. To fix the colour, the silk is rolled up and steamed in a speacial machine.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Unusual Angles Moira Robinson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 269 2005; (p. 60-61)

— Review of Jungle Drums Graeme Base , 2004 single work picture book ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; Dougal, the Garbage Dump Bear Matt Dray , 2004 single work picture book ; Bird Annette Lodge , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book
Bookshelf Katharine England , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 February 2005; (p. 9)

— Review of Heart of the Tiger Glenda Millard , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book ; Bird Annette Lodge , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled John Cohen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 48 no. 4 2004; (p. 16)

— Review of The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book
Get the Pictures Jodie Minus , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 October 2004; (p. 15)

— Review of Belonging Jeannie Baker , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book ; Mrs Wiggins' Wartymelons Glenda Millard , 2004 single work picture book ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; Ruby Roo Jumps Too High Lucy Nichols , 2004 single work picture book
Silky Skills Win Acclaim Rodney Chester , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 September 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 19 no. 4 2004; (p. 30)

— Review of The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book
Silky Skills Win Acclaim Rodney Chester , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 September 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book
Get the Pictures Jodie Minus , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 October 2004; (p. 15)

— Review of Belonging Jeannie Baker , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book ; Mrs Wiggins' Wartymelons Glenda Millard , 2004 single work picture book ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; Ruby Roo Jumps Too High Lucy Nichols , 2004 single work picture book
Bookshelf Katharine England , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 February 2005; (p. 9)

— Review of Heart of the Tiger Glenda Millard , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book ; Bird Annette Lodge , 2004 single work picture book
Unusual Angles Moira Robinson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 269 2005; (p. 60-61)

— Review of Jungle Drums Graeme Base , 2004 single work picture book ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; Dougal, the Garbage Dump Bear Matt Dray , 2004 single work picture book ; Bird Annette Lodge , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book

Awards

2005 joint winner The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature Picture Book
2005 commended Whitley Awards Illustrated Children's Book
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