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y separately published work icon Grandma's Shoes single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Grandma's Shoes
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'A child whose beloved grandmother has died dream-travels at night in her grandmother's old shoes. Through these magical journeys the girl is able to hold on to her memories of her grandmother, while by day healing comes gradually to the family.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • A new form of the picture book originally illustrated by the American illustrator Elivia.

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Related Works

y separately published work icon Grandma's Shoes Libby Hathorn , Elivia (illustrator), Boston : Little, Brown , 1994 Z964472 1994 single work picture book children's A young girl copes with her grandmother's death with the help of the old woman's shoes and some special memories.
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Works about this Work

The Crichton Award 2001 Virginia Lowe , 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 11)
Iconoclasm for Kids Pam Macintyre , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 November 2000; (p. 9)
— Review of Just Like That Mem Fox , 1986 single work picture book ; The Singing Hat Tohby Riddle , 2000 single work picture book ; Valley of Bones Gary Crew , 2000 single work children's fiction ; Grandma's Shoes Libby Hathorn , 2000 single work picture book
Iconoclasm for Kids Pam Macintyre , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 November 2000; (p. 9)
— Review of Just Like That Mem Fox , 1986 single work picture book ; The Singing Hat Tohby Riddle , 2000 single work picture book ; Valley of Bones Gary Crew , 2000 single work children's fiction ; Grandma's Shoes Libby Hathorn , 2000 single work picture book
The Crichton Award 2001 Virginia Lowe , 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 45 no. 4 2001; (p. 11)
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Awards

2001 winner SWW Book Awards — Children — Children
2001 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator For the illustrations by Caroline Magerl.
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