Title The island / John Heffernan ; illustrated by Peter Sheehan

Published Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, 2005

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hef/Isl		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hef/Isl		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hef/Isl		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Heffer Joh/Isl		LIB USE ONLY

Description 30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm Summary A tribe on an island doesn't experience happiness until a sea creature forms a friendship with a blind boy and introduces the islanders to joy. The islanders are afraid that this new-found happiness may elude them and imprison the creature. The boy and the creature escape the island taking all happiness with them. Ages 8+ Analysis Australian fiction (Australia) Picture books Notes "The Children's Book Council of Australia, Short-listed book" -- cover; 2006 reprint Audience For children aged 5+ Subject Happiness -- Juvenile fiction. Marine animals -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Children's stories Fantasy fiction. Picture books. Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection. Illustrated works. Author Sheehan, Peter, 1964- ISBN 1865048135 : 1865048143 paperback

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