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Jackie French

Joy Lawn surveys a number of new children's picture books

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December 2011–January 2012, no. 337

Diverse memories of childhood, ranging from Indigenous and migrant experiences to the Great Depression, permeate these evocative Australian picture books. Admired illustrator Bruce Whatley displays his range of styles in a pair of them; two others are set in Western Australia and Queensland. The potential danger of water is a disconcerting theme.

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A survey of recent children's picture books

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November 2010, no. 326

Many Australian picture book authors and illustrators continue to develop the genre in exciting and unusual ways...

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A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French

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February 2011, no. 328
Gillian Dooley reviews ' A Waltz for Matilda' by Jackie French

Jackie French, a prolific author, is best known for her children’s books, with variations on historical themes clearly something of a specialty. A Waltz for Matilda, which seems to be aimed at a broader market, builds on the premise that the Jolly Swagman of Banjo Paterson’s song is not alone. His twelve-year-old daughter, Matilda, is with him and witne ...

A Dream of Seas by Lilith Norman & The Secret Beach by Jackie French

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May 1995, no. 170
Katharine England reviews 'A Dream of Seas' by Lilith Norman and 'The Secret Beach' by Jackie French

Lilith Norman’s exquisite novella was first published in 1978 and was an IBBY Honour Book in 1980. Set in a lovingly realised Bondi, the archetypal seaside suburb, the book packs a huge amount into its seventy-eight pages: life, death, love, grief; a question of focus; and, drawn in spare and beautifully controlled strokes, the disparate two worlds that touch at the shoreline.

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