If you want to say something about life to other people, you should tell them a story.
– Manning Clark
Writers for children have always known this: from the Puritans who thinly disguised their religious teachings under stories of children who lived a pure life and went to heaven, and those who didn’t and went to hell; to modem writers who tell stories to help children cope with difficult aspects of modem life.
Looking Out for Ollie by Sharon Montey
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Ghost Train by Michael Stephens
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Poem
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Sydney
History
Music
Fiction
October 1994, no. 165
Biography
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