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'Steve is a gorilla who lives at a zoo in Rio. In the evenings, he listens to jazz on the radio with his friend, Antonio the zookeeper. One night, Steve is feeling a little lonely and so he lifts the latch of his cage door and goes off to search for Antonio. At the tram stop outside the zoo, he finds a hat — the perfect disguise. Steve climbs aboard a tram and rides down the hillside, past the favelas and into the city. It is carnival time in Rio! Fireworks explode in the sky and sequinned dancers shimmy along the avenue. ‘Feliz Carnaval’ cry the sambistas. Steve follows the sounds of a saxophone and discovers his friend Antonio playing in a quartet at the Blue Jaguar Jazz Club. When a beautiful dancer steps on to the dance floor, Steve takes her by the hand. They twirl and twist to the music until suddenly, Steve’s hat falls off to reveal he is a gorilla! Calmly, the dancer puts Steve’s hat back on his head and they spin this way and that way, this way and that way, all the way to dawn.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Local Voices on the Global Stage : International Rights Sales of Indigenous-authored Books
2019
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— Appears in: Books + Publishing , March vol. 98 no. 1 2019; (p. 5)'Are we entering a growth period for international rights sales of Indigenous-authored books for young people? Sarah Farquharson reports.'
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Review : Steve Goes to Carnival
2016
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review
— Appears in: Reading Time , September 2016;
— Review of Steve Goes to Carnival 2016 single work picture book
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Review : Steve Goes to Carnival
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , September 2016;
— Review of Steve Goes to Carnival 2016 single work picture book -
Local Voices on the Global Stage : International Rights Sales of Indigenous-authored Books
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , March vol. 98 no. 1 2019; (p. 5)'Are we entering a growth period for international rights sales of Indigenous-authored books for young people? Sarah Farquharson reports.'
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year
- 2016 selected White Ravens
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Rio de Janeiro,
cBrazil,cSouth America, Americas,