| Description |
viii, 325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2011
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| Contents |
The ant, the grasshopper and the remarkable rocket -- Part one: Mallacoota to Melbourne -- Part two: The bunyip of Berkeley's Creek -- Aranea -- Annie's rainbow -- John Brown, Rose and the midnight cat -- Timothy and gramps -- From the Big Apple to the Apple Isle -- This baby -- Motor Bill and the lovely Caroline -- Old pig -- Henry's bed & Henry's bath -- Honey and bear & special days with Honey and bear -- Rosie and tortoise -- Part three: Fox -- First, the words -- Then the pictures -- And then, the book -- Part four: The heart of the matter |
| Summary |
Ron Brooks grew up in East Gippsland, a country boy with a yen for drawing and observation of the life around him. He became an acknowledged master of the picture-book form, winning acclaim both nationally and internationally for classics such as The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek and John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Jenny Wagner - both in print continuously for over 30 years - and Old Pig and the multi-award-winning Fox by Margaret Wild. Yet success never came easy. In this searching memoir he recreates his life as an artist, husband, father, with all its twists and turns, its pain and joy |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Audience |
For primary school students and secondary school students |
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Primary |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL Ebook Library |
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Award, 2011: Honour Books: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books |
| Subject |
Brooks, Ron.
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Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (shortlisted)
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Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award -- Juvenile literature -- 2011
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Illustrated children's books -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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Illustrated children's books -- Australia.
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Illustrators -- Australia -- Biography.
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Illustrators -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
1742371558 |
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9781742371559 (hardback) |
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