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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Dogs
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline , 2000 .
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      Extent: 134p.
      ISBN: 0733612040

Works about this Work

Plunging Into Deep Water Edel Wignell (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 14 no. 4 2006; (p. 14-15)
In this interview Bill Condon discusses the two books he has written for young adults - Dogs and No Worries.
[Review] Dogs Charles Foran , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Asian Review of Books 2002;

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
Fictional Fathers : Gender Representation in Children's Fiction Wendy Michaels , Donna Gibbs , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 12 no. 3 2002; (p. 35-45)

Wendy Michaels and Donna Gibbs analyse several Australian children's texts regarding the 'pattern and trends in relation to the representation of father and father-figures' (37). They believe it is crucial for young adult readers to develop a critical awareness of 'the subtle processes at work in the fiction they are reading' because of the significance textual representation plays in the construction of child-adolescent identity (42-43). The discussion refers to previous studies concerning the construction of masculinity and femininity and the role of children's fiction as a socialising agent regarding appropriate gender roles providing a framework for the interrogation of textual constructions and representations of the father/child relationship. A close reading of Dogs and The Simple Gift precedes a shorter discussion of the novels Touch Me, Thursday's Child, Wolf on the Fold and Fighting Ruben Wolf, and leads Michaels and Gibbs to contend that none of the fathers in the stories are portayed as having a strong relationship with their children and they draw an interesting parallel to the roles ascribed to wicked step-mothers, arguing that currently, young adult readers are presented with models of masculine behaviour that reinforce cultural stereotypes of fathers as essentially ineffectual or morally bankrupt - or both (42). Effective parenting is often directed at surrogate children rather than biological children while it is the serious flaws and shortcomings of the father-child relationship that are of central concern in the novels discussed (40).

[Review] Dogs Heather Haskett , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 1 2001; (p. 31)

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
All These for Older Readers Have Some Violence Laurie Copping , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2001; (p. 18)

— Review of Wolf on the Fold Judith Clarke , 2000 selected work short story ; Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel ; Fighting Ruben Wolfe Markus Zusak , 2000 single work novel
[Review] Dogs Christine Donnelly , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 44 no. 4 2000; (p. 12)

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
[Review] Dogs Charles Foran , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Asian Review of Books 2002;

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
[Review] Dogs Anne Briggs , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 15 no. 5 2000; (p. 38)

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
CoverNotes Mike Shuttleworth , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 October 2000; (p. 9)

— Review of Striking It Poor Tom Quinn , 2000 single work novel ; Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
All-the-Way Winner 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 7 October 2000; (p. 8)

— Review of Dogs Bill Condon , 2000 single work novel
Fictional Fathers : Gender Representation in Children's Fiction Wendy Michaels , Donna Gibbs , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 12 no. 3 2002; (p. 35-45)

Wendy Michaels and Donna Gibbs analyse several Australian children's texts regarding the 'pattern and trends in relation to the representation of father and father-figures' (37). They believe it is crucial for young adult readers to develop a critical awareness of 'the subtle processes at work in the fiction they are reading' because of the significance textual representation plays in the construction of child-adolescent identity (42-43). The discussion refers to previous studies concerning the construction of masculinity and femininity and the role of children's fiction as a socialising agent regarding appropriate gender roles providing a framework for the interrogation of textual constructions and representations of the father/child relationship. A close reading of Dogs and The Simple Gift precedes a shorter discussion of the novels Touch Me, Thursday's Child, Wolf on the Fold and Fighting Ruben Wolf, and leads Michaels and Gibbs to contend that none of the fathers in the stories are portayed as having a strong relationship with their children and they draw an interesting parallel to the roles ascribed to wicked step-mothers, arguing that currently, young adult readers are presented with models of masculine behaviour that reinforce cultural stereotypes of fathers as essentially ineffectual or morally bankrupt - or both (42). Effective parenting is often directed at surrogate children rather than biological children while it is the serious flaws and shortcomings of the father-child relationship that are of central concern in the novels discussed (40).

Plunging Into Deep Water Edel Wignell (interviewer), 2006 single work interview
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 14 no. 4 2006; (p. 14-15)
In this interview Bill Condon discusses the two books he has written for young adults - Dogs and No Worries.
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