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'Like the three little pigs who leave the safety of their family home and venture out into the world, Clancy has moved with his parents from his cosy little cottage nestled amongst trees on a sunny street to a mutli-level mansion in a canyon of concrete buildings. It's the best house...It's a very fine dwelling remarks his mother and father. Clancy seems less convinced...he investigates the pile of empty packing boxes outside his new backyard. At that moment, Millie, his new next door neighbour...climbs over the fence and asks Can I play too?' (taken from Nola Allen's 'Cover Book Review' in Magpies: Talking about Books for Children, Vol 24, No. 4, Sept, 2009).
Notes
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
Food types n/a Food practices n/a Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity n/a Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Chinese.
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Works about this Work
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Book of the Year: Early Childhood - Honour Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 7-8)
— Review of Kip 2009 single work picture book ; Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 54 no. 1 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book -
Kerfuffle in the Lodge
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 319 2010; (p. 59, 61)
— Review of Baby Wombat's Week 2009 single work picture book ; Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle 2010 single work picture book ; Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book ; Cautionary Tales for Boys and Girls 2009 selected work children's fiction ; Little Blue 2008 single work picture book -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 89 no. 3 2009; (p. 38)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 72 2009; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book
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Cover Book Review: Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies: Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 24 no. 4 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book In her review of the latest collaborative effort from Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood, Clancy & Millie and the Very Fine House, Allen says the 'limited color palette' and 'spare text' creates a 'thoughtful composition' that heightens the emotional impact of the story. Clancy has moved from a 'cosy weatherboard cottage' to a mutili-level mansion in a canyon of concrete dwellings' and despite his parent's enthusiasim for their new home, "It's the best house...It's a very fine dwelling', he feels very lost and lonely (20). Allen points out, how Clancy's vulnerability is accentuated and exaggerated and it is the depiction of his emotions that 'provide the catylyst for the satisfying resolution' (20). With his new neighbour Millie, he constructs a towering cardboard house, to which Millie remarks, 'It's the best house. It's a very fine dwelling' (20). Allen concludes that the story will 'undoubtedly strike a chord with many young children who have shared this experience and for its genuine and honest depiction' (20). -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 15 November no. 72 2009; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 89 no. 3 2009; (p. 38)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book -
Kerfuffle in the Lodge
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 319 2010; (p. 59, 61)
— Review of Baby Wombat's Week 2009 single work picture book ; Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle 2010 single work picture book ; Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book ; Cautionary Tales for Boys and Girls 2009 selected work children's fiction ; Little Blue 2008 single work picture book -
[Review] Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 54 no. 1 2010; (p. 15)
— Review of Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House 2009 single work picture book
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2011 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2010 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Early Childhood
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