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y separately published work icon Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words
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'Possum and Wattle is a lavishly illustrated word book of Australia. With over 100 words about Australian animals, plants and landscapes and aimed specifically at children, this book is definitively the first of its kind. Words include blossoms and bees through to wombats and willy willys. The pages range from neatly vignetted illustrations to large narrative landscapes. The book is designed to intrigue, captivate and nurture inquisitive minds and to celebrate the uniqueness of Australia and its words.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Little Hare Books , 2008 .
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      • Contains a glossary of specifically chosen Australian Aboriginal words and includes an introduction from one of Australia's leading Aboriginal language linguists.
      ISBN: 9781921272585 (hbk.)
    • Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Little Hare Books , 2010 .
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      Extent: 48 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
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      • Published 01 January 2010

      ISBN: 9781921541674 (pbk)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Art in Animals : A Numbers and Words Treasury Bronwyn Bancroft , Richmond : Little Hare Books , 2021 23426508 2021 selected work picture book

    'In this collection of four beautiful books, Bronwyn Bancroft pairs numbers and words with the remarkably unique animals of Australia.

    'From seven turtles plodding to twelve emus running, this treasury is a celebration of country that is perfect for animal-crazy children.

    'Includes An ABC of Australian Animals, A 123 of Australian Animals, Possum and Wattle, and Kangaroo and Crocodile.' (Publication summary)

    Richmond : Little Hare Books , 2021
Transliterated title: Dai diao he jin he huan
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

The Case of Children's Literature : Colonial or Anti-Colonial? Clare Bradford , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Global Studies of Childhood , vol. 1 no. 4 2011; (p. 271-279)

'Since Jacqueline Rose published The Case of Peter Pan in 1984, scholars in the field of children's literature have taken up a rhetorical stance which treats child readers as colonised, and children's books as a colonising site. This article takes issue with Rose's rhetoric of colonisation and its deployment by scholars, arguing that it is tainted by logical and ethical flaws. Rather, children's literature can be a site of decolonisation which revisions the hierarchies of value promoted through colonisation and its aftermath by adopting what Bill Ashcroft refers to as tactics of interpolation. To illustrate how decolonising strategies work in children's texts, the article considers several alphabet books by Indigenous author-illustrators from Canada and Australia, arguing that these texts for very young children interpolate colonial discourses by valorising minority languages and by attributing to English words meanings produced within Indigenous cultures.' (Source: Author's abstract)

Kids' World Through Aboriginal Eyes Chris Hook , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 October 2009; (p. 25)
Untitled Elspeth Cameron , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
[Untitled] Helen Purdie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of The Wish Pony Catherine Bateson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 October 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of The Wish Pony Catherine Bateson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
[Untitled] Helen Purdie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
Untitled Elspeth Cameron , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Possum and Wattle : My First Big Book of Australian Words Bronwyn Bancroft , 2008 single work picture book
Kids' World Through Aboriginal Eyes Chris Hook , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 October 2009; (p. 25)
The Case of Children's Literature : Colonial or Anti-Colonial? Clare Bradford , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Global Studies of Childhood , vol. 1 no. 4 2011; (p. 271-279)

'Since Jacqueline Rose published The Case of Peter Pan in 1984, scholars in the field of children's literature have taken up a rhetorical stance which treats child readers as colonised, and children's books as a colonising site. This article takes issue with Rose's rhetoric of colonisation and its deployment by scholars, arguing that it is tainted by logical and ethical flaws. Rather, children's literature can be a site of decolonisation which revisions the hierarchies of value promoted through colonisation and its aftermath by adopting what Bill Ashcroft refers to as tactics of interpolation. To illustrate how decolonising strategies work in children's texts, the article considers several alphabet books by Indigenous author-illustrators from Canada and Australia, arguing that these texts for very young children interpolate colonial discourses by valorising minority languages and by attributing to English words meanings produced within Indigenous cultures.' (Source: Author's abstract)

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