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Author Saxby, H. M. (Henry Maurice), author

Title The proof of the puddin' : Australian children's literature, 1970-1990 / Maurice Saxby
Published Sydney : Ashton Scholastic, 1993
Sydney ; New York : Ashton Scholastic, 1993
©1993

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Description 769 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- 1. Directions and trends -- 2. Books before school -- 3. The picture book -- 4. Junior books -- 5. Adventure and adventure plus -- 6. The animal world -- 7. Ecology and conservation -- 8. Domestic and social realism -- 9. Multicultural Australia -- 10. Aboriginal Australians -- 11. A sense of time and place -- 12. Fantasy -- 13. Anthologies and short stories -- 14. Poetry and verse -- 15. The young adult
Summary The proof of the puddin': Australian children's literature 1970-1990
Notes An update of: A history of Australian children's literature 1841-1941, and A history of Australian children's literature 1941-1970
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Australian literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century.
Australian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Children -- Books and reading -- Australia.
Children -- Books and reading.
Children's authors, Australian
Children's literature, Australian -- Bibliography.
Children's literature, Australian -- History and criticism.
Children's literature, Australian -- Study and teaching.
LC no. 94106571
ISBN 0868966045
0868966053 (paperback)
Other Titles History of Australian children's literature
The proof of the pudding