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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Hunt
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    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 1997 .
      Extent: 31p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 085091874X (pbk.)
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The Art of Narelle Oliver Joy Lawn (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies: Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 24 no. 4 2009; (p. 4-6) In response to Lawn's questions regarding her artistic vision, innovative techniques and interest in natural Australian history, Oliver says her work is created through the 'intriguing relationship between words and pictures' and how 'they work either together or against each other as different points of view in a narrative' (4). Lawn asks Oliver about her 'vision and vocation' which, through her strong artistic style and celebratory designs of Australian indigenous animals, produces texts that are a 'melding of non-fiction and fiction' (5). Oliver says she has been fascinated by indigenous adaptations of Australian native animals since early childhood and this interest developed further when she studied biology. With her first picture book, Leaf Tail she wanted to introduce young readers to 'some of the less-well-known Australian creatures' but 'did not want to write a straight information book' (5). Instead, she wanted to explore the creative potential of the adaptive features to be found among many creatures - design, shape, texture and pattern - in terms of storytelling and 'problem-solution scenarios' (5). Oliver has also produced picture books about imaginary and mythological creatures, for example, Mermaids Most Amazing, The Very Blue Thingamajig, and Dancing the Boom-cha-cha Boogie, however, it is mainly through her natural history picture books that she aims to capture the diversity of Australia's natural landscapes and 'instil postive feelings about these places in young Australian readers' (6). In this sense, her work is driven by the belief that 'a personal feeling and knowledge of the landscape is critical to developing a desire to preserve that landscape' (6).
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 20 no. 3 2001; (p. 49)
— Review of The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book
Information Books as Literature? Kerry Neary , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 11 no. 4 1996; (p. 4-7)
Untitled Jo Goodman , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 11 no. 1 1996; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book
Picture Books Narelle Oliver , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 40 no. 4 1996; (p. 6)
Untitled Chris Dayman , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 40 no. 1 1996; (p. 20)
— Review of The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book
Untitled Jo Goodman , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 11 no. 1 1996; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 20 no. 3 2001; (p. 49)
— Review of The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book
From Skittering to Silky Linnet Hunter , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 180 1996; (p. 59)
— Review of Caleb Gary Crew , 1996 single work children's fiction ; The Hunt Narelle Oliver , 1997 single work picture book ; Let's Eat Ana Zamorano , 1996 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1996 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 3-11)
Picture Books Narelle Oliver , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 40 no. 4 1996; (p. 6)
Information Books as Literature? Kerry Neary , 1996 single work essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 11 no. 4 1996; (p. 4-7)
The Art of Narelle Oliver Joy Lawn (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies: Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 24 no. 4 2009; (p. 4-6) In response to Lawn's questions regarding her artistic vision, innovative techniques and interest in natural Australian history, Oliver says her work is created through the 'intriguing relationship between words and pictures' and how 'they work either together or against each other as different points of view in a narrative' (4). Lawn asks Oliver about her 'vision and vocation' which, through her strong artistic style and celebratory designs of Australian indigenous animals, produces texts that are a 'melding of non-fiction and fiction' (5). Oliver says she has been fascinated by indigenous adaptations of Australian native animals since early childhood and this interest developed further when she studied biology. With her first picture book, Leaf Tail she wanted to introduce young readers to 'some of the less-well-known Australian creatures' but 'did not want to write a straight information book' (5). Instead, she wanted to explore the creative potential of the adaptive features to be found among many creatures - design, shape, texture and pattern - in terms of storytelling and 'problem-solution scenarios' (5). Oliver has also produced picture books about imaginary and mythological creatures, for example, Mermaids Most Amazing, The Very Blue Thingamajig, and Dancing the Boom-cha-cha Boogie, however, it is mainly through her natural history picture books that she aims to capture the diversity of Australia's natural landscapes and 'instil postive feelings about these places in young Australian readers' (6). In this sense, her work is driven by the belief that 'a personal feeling and knowledge of the landscape is critical to developing a desire to preserve that landscape' (6).
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