Title The kraken / Gary Crew & Marc McBride

Published Port Melbourne, Vic. : Lothian ; Andover : Ragged Bears, 2001

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Cre/Kra		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Cre/Kra		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Crew Gar/Kra		LIB USE ONLY

Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm regular print Series Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge ; 7-8 Summary The Kraken tells the story of two children's encounter with a shadowy beast that lives in the depths of the sea. Christopher is blind - though for no physiological reason. Antonia, his sister, is a cynic and blind to the possibilities of her brother's imagination. It is through Christopher's determination and faith that he will see - that the frightful Kraken, the beast of doubt, is defeated, sinking forever into the murky depths of the ocean Analysis Picture books Australian fiction (Australia ) Picture books juvenile Nonfiction Notes learning direct Audience For primary school children Notes Gary Crew. University of the Sunshine Coast, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Staff Subject Blind children -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Blindness -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Sea monsters -- Fiction. Sea monsters -- Fiction. Blind -- Fiction. Imagination -- Fiction. Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 7 - Year 9 Blindness -- Juvenile literature. Imagination -- Juvenile literature. Sea monsters -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Australian fiction Juvenile works. Children's nonfiction Sophisticated picture books. Children's stories Picture books. Author McBride, Marc. University of the Sunshine Coast. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences LC no. 00002189 ISBN 0734401825 :

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