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Alison Lester Alison Lester i(A6260 works by) (a.k.a. Alison Jean Hume Lester)
Born: Established: 1952 Foster, Foster - Welshpool area, South Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder Headline , 2000 Z14074 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)

'When Ernie goes to live in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, the people, climate, plants and animals are all new to him. Here are his letters to Clive, Nicky, Rosie, Frank, Tessa and Celeste, describing the life he discovers with his new friends in their wild and beautiful land.

'Alison Lester visited Arnhem Land in 1996 and 1997 as a guest of the Gunbalanya Community School with her friend and fellow author Liz Honey. Together they worked with staff and students of the school to produce poems, plays, puppets and paintings. This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives, called We Love Gunbalanya . Arnhem Land is owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 50,000 years. There are many different tribes and language groups throughout Arnhem Land, but at Gunbalanya, where this book is set, the main language spoken is Kunwinjku. ' (Publication summary)

 		Post-colonial Literature for Children La Trobe University 2010 (Semester 2)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder Headline , 2000 Z14074 2000 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)

'When Ernie goes to live in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, the people, climate, plants and animals are all new to him. Here are his letters to Clive, Nicky, Rosie, Frank, Tessa and Celeste, describing the life he discovers with his new friends in their wild and beautiful land.

'Alison Lester visited Arnhem Land in 1996 and 1997 as a guest of the Gunbalanya Community School with her friend and fellow author Liz Honey. Together they worked with staff and students of the school to produce poems, plays, puppets and paintings. This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives, called We Love Gunbalanya . Arnhem Land is owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 50,000 years. There are many different tribes and language groups throughout Arnhem Land, but at Gunbalanya, where this book is set, the main language spoken is Kunwinjku. ' (Publication summary)

 		Post-colonial Literature for Children La Trobe University 2010 (Semester 2)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon My Dog Bigsy Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 8597719 2015 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)

'Meet my dog Bigsy. He's only small, but everyone knows he's the boss.

'Each morning he visits the animals on the farm.

'Squawk, neigh, quack, moo, baa, oink, cluck, purr, ruff ruff ruff!

'What a lot of noise! And all because of Bigsy!

'From Australia's favourite picture-book creator, comes this energetic story about a little dog who causes a big commotion. ' (Publication summary)

 		Children's Literature Southern Cross University 2016 (Semester 2)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon My Dog Bigsy Alison Lester , Alison Lester (illustrator), Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 8597719 2015 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)

'Meet my dog Bigsy. He's only small, but everyone knows he's the boss.

'Each morning he visits the animals on the farm.

'Squawk, neigh, quack, moo, baa, oink, cluck, purr, ruff ruff ruff!

'What a lot of noise! And all because of Bigsy!

'From Australia's favourite picture-book creator, comes this energetic story about a little dog who causes a big commotion. ' (Publication summary)

 		Children's Literature Southern Cross University 2016 (Semester 2)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon One Small Island Alison Lester , Coral Tulloch (illustrator), Camberwell : Viking , 2011 Z1795235 2011 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units) 'Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, between Antarctica and New Zealand. A speck of green in the vast, windswept sea, it is a haven for many creatures that live above and below the waves.

'In One Small Island, Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch bring us the story of this remote and precious World Heritage Site. Together they explore the island's unique geological beginnings, discovery and degradation at the hands of humans, and the battle to restore it today.

'This beautifully presented book leaves us with an important question: can Macquarie Island and places like it be saved?' (From the publisher's website.)
 		Image, Text and Contemporary Culture University of New England 2014 (Trimester 2)
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