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'Lucy loves to read, but there is one special book that she borrows from the library over and over again. The book is shared with her friends, dropped in the ocean, flown to China and even made into a banana sandwich. But what will Lucy do when her favourite book goes missing?'
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Cover Book : Lucy's Book
2017
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 32 no. 1 2017; (p. 10)'Over the years in the world of children's picture books, the have been various odes to 'The book" as a treasured artifact, along with testimonies to the importance of libraries and the power of the act of reading. The book is a vessel of transportation to wondrous places in Look a Book! and takes two young readers on surprising journeys in Book. For ever-hungry Henry, the Incredible Book Eating Boy, books become tasty snacks and delicious meals, as he literally devours shelves of fact and fiction.' (Introduction)
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Cover Book : Lucy's Book
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 32 no. 1 2017; (p. 10)'Over the years in the world of children's picture books, the have been various odes to 'The book" as a treasured artifact, along with testimonies to the importance of libraries and the power of the act of reading. The book is a vessel of transportation to wondrous places in Look a Book! and takes two young readers on surprising journeys in Book. For ever-hungry Henry, the Incredible Book Eating Boy, books become tasty snacks and delicious meals, as he literally devours shelves of fact and fiction.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood
- 2017 shortlisted BILBY (Books I Love Best Yearly) Awards — Early Childhood
