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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Noah's Garden
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'Noah and his family are living in The Children’s Hospital because his new sister, Jessica, was born with a serious medical condition. Normal family life is suspended indefinitely for Noah, but in the true spirit of childhood, he spends his days in the hospital garden, creating an imaginary world, longing for the day when Jess can join him.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • 'Noah’s Garden is based on the author’s observations of her friends’ experiences in a Melbourne Hospital where they lived for seven months after their daughter, Jessica, was born with a serious medical condition.' (From the publisher's website.)
  • 'All royalties earned by Mo Johnson for the sale of the Australian edition of Noah's Garden will be donated to the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Melbourne.' (Publisher's website.)
  • Publisher's information page: http://www.walkerbooks.com.au/statics/dyn/1272868612018/Noahs-Garden-Information-Page.pdf

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability

    Hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person (not disabled character).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2010 .
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      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 May 2010.
      ISBN: 9781921150159 (hbk.), 1921150157 (hbk.)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Liz Derouet , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Margaret Hamilton , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Sharon Greenaway , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Sharon Greenaway , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Margaret Hamilton , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Liz Derouet , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Noah's Garden Mo Johnson , 2010 single work picture book
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