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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Reaching Out : Messages of Hope
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'As the UNICEF Australia Young Ambassador, Mariah created Reaching Out: Messages Of Hope as a fundraising project and all royalties will be donated to UNICEF. Heartfelt and inspiring, this book contains stories, poems and illustrations that have been donated by some of the most world's renowned and respected authors and illustrators, including Graeme Base, Jackie French, Michael Leunig, Bruce Whatley, Michael Morpurgo, Andy Griffiths, Anna Perera, Libby Gleeson, Melina Marchetta, Alison Lester, Morris Gleitzman and many more.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. 
  • Includes the illustrations A Child’s Guide to the Universe in Gaza, Prayer for the Strengthening Alliance and the Deepening Split, One Day, Son, All of this Will Be Yours by Michael Leunig.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:ABC Books , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Rules for Smiling, Neil Grant , single work short story children's
Extract : Refuge, Jackie French , extract children's fiction
Tails, Jack Heath , single work short story children's
On the Somme, Libby Hathorn , single work prose
I Am Alone, James Phelan , single work prose
Running with the Horses, Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), single work picture book children's

'Ten-year-old Nina lives with her father above the palace stables at the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses. She loves watching the famous white stallions as they parade for the crowds, but her favourite horse is an ordinary mare called Zelda - an old cab horse Nina often pats on her way home from school.

'When Nina's world changes dramatically, she and her father have to flee from the city. Their journey over the mountains with Zelda and the stallions seems impossible, with danger at every turn...' (From the publisher's website.)
Mahtab's Story, Libby Gleeson , single work children's fiction children's
'Mahtab and her family are forced to leave their home in Herat and journey secretly through the rocky mountains to Pakistan and from there to faraway Australia. Months go by, months of waiting, months of dread. Will they ever be reunited with their father, will they ever find a home? This compelling novel by one of Australia's best-loved children's authors is based on the true story of one girl's voyage to Australia with her family.' (Publisher's blurb)
Francesca, Melina Marchetta , single work prose
Poverty Equals Hunger, Bruce Whatley , single work prose
The Siren, Anna Snoekstra , single work prose
In the Tower, Kate Forsyth , single work prose
Meatloaf Soldiers, Susanne Gervay , single work prose
What We Eat, Gary Crew , single work prose
The Two=Month Turnaround, Rose Foster , single work prose
Nui Dat : Australian Task Force Headquarters, Libby Hathorn , single work prose
From the Shadowsi"A world of ashes leached of life.", Graeme Base , single work poetry
The Pain Is Never Over, David Nyoul Vincent , single work prose
Wikipedia Leaks War List by Death Toll, Janine M. Fraser , single work prose
Just a Schoolgirl, Rosanne Hawke , single work short story
The Leaving, Lili Wilkinson , single work prose
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2013 .
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      Extent: 351p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st June 2013
      ISBN: 9780733331923
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Works about this Work

Review of Reaching Out : Messages of Hope Liz Derouet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Reaching Out : Messages of Hope 2013 anthology poetry art work short story extract
Review of Reaching Out : Messages of Hope Liz Derouet , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of Reaching Out : Messages of Hope 2013 anthology poetry art work short story extract
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