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Cecilia says merry-go-rounds are for little kids, but Jo feels there's something mysterious and not at all childish about the carousel that appeared overnight in Marley Street. She wants to find out what is so strange, but will she be leading herself and Cecilia into danger?
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
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- Braille.
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
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Know the Author : Emily Rodda
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1990
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— Review of The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. -
The Book of the Year Award Shortlists
1989
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Logical Selection and One Glaring Omission
1989
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 June 1989;
— Review of Mr Nick's Knitting 1988 single work picture book ; The Eleventh Hour : A Curious Mystery 1988 single work picture book ; Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; You Take the High Road 1988 single work novel ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Answers to Brut 1988 single work children's fiction ; Drac and the Gremlin 1988 single work picture book ; Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1988 single work picture book ; Megan's Star 1988 single work novel ; The Lake at the End of the World 1988 single work novel
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Kids' Books for Christmas
1988
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 107 1988; (p. 26-28)
— Review of Drac and the Gremlin 1988 single work picture book ; Regina's Impossible Dream 1988 single work children's fiction ; Bill 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Answers to Brut 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Inheritors 1988 single work novel ; Baily's Bones 1988 single work novel ; Beyond the Labyrinth 1988 single work novel -
[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , August no. 1 1989; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1989
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— Appears in: Scan , May vol. 8 no. 4 1989;
— Review of The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
Untitled
1988
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review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 3 no. 5 1988; (p. 29)
— Review of The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Week Review
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Incite , 10 July 1989; (p. 12)
— Review of The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
Know the Author : Emily Rodda
1990
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 5 no. 3 1990; (p. 19-21) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
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