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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Jessica's Box
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Jessica's Box portrays 'the trauma of a child's first day at school' and the challenge of finding new friends. (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    Food practices
    • Eating out - snack
    • Food preparation
    Gender
    • Food preparation - female
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place n/a
    Setting n/a
    Food as social cohesion
    • Relationships
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Frenchs Forest, Killarney Heights - Frenchs Forest area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: New Frontier , 2009 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st June 2009
      ISBN: 9781921042911
    • Frenchs Forest, Killarney Heights - Frenchs Forest area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: New Frontier , 2011 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st November 2011
      ISBN: 9781921928093
    • Frenchs Forest, Killarney Heights - Frenchs Forest area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: New Frontier , 2014 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Release Date: October 1, 2014
      ISBN: 9781921928574
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Kane Miller ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 1st 2015
      ISBN: 9781610673471, 1610673476
    • Frenchs Forest, Killarney Heights - Frenchs Forest area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: New Frontier , 2017 .
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      Extent: 32p.p.
      Reprinted: Oct 2024
      Note/s:
      • Published 3 July 2017.

      ISBN: 9781912076543, 1912076543
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Great Expedition and Other Adventures Peter Carnavas , Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024 28162763 2024 selected work children's fiction

    'The Great Expedition and Other Adventures is a delightful children’s audiobook that takes young listeners on a series of captivating journeys.

    'Join a group of brave young explorers as they embark on a dangerous mission to deliver a valuable parcel, follow Jessica on her first day of school where she hopes to find a friend, learn about understanding and acceptance with Christopher, hear how Penguin attempts to cheer up a blue whale and many more touching tales.
    With its diverse range of stories, The Great Expedition and Other Adventures is a perfect audiobook for children, filled with imagination, friendship and valuable life lessons.' (Publication summary)

    Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024
Alternative title: 潔西卡的箱子
Transliterated title: Jiexika de xiang zi
Language: Chinese

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Works about this Work

Review : Jessica's Box Sam Bloom , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 91 no. 3 2015;

— Review of Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
[Review] Jessica's Box Helen Purdie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 28 no. 5 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
Drawing Disability Eloise Florence , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , October vol. 93 no. 2 2013; (p. 12)
Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 17-18)
Kids' Lit Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 July 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Megs, Scarves and Sombreros Neil Montagnana Wallace , Mark Schwarzer , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
[Review] Jessica's Box Lyn Linning , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 23 no. 2 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
Kids' Lit Rosemary Neill , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 July 2008; (p. 10)

— Review of Megs, Scarves and Sombreros Neil Montagnana Wallace , Mark Schwarzer , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
[Review] Jessica's Box Helen Purdie , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 28 no. 5 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
Review : Jessica's Box Sam Bloom , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 91 no. 3 2015;

— Review of Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2009 single work picture book
Jessica's Box Peter Carnavas , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 17-18)
Drawing Disability Eloise Florence , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , October vol. 93 no. 2 2013; (p. 12)
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