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y Two Peas in a Pod single work picture book children's

Author:agent Christopher McKimmie
Illustrator: Christopher McKimmie

Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Two Peas in a Pod

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Marvin and Violet have been friends since they were babies. They are like two peas in a pod. But then Violet moves away... With a unique Australian flavour, this story of friendship is both tender and truthful (Publisher website).

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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	Everyday foods Discretionary foods High sugar foods High fat foods High salt foods Fast food/Takeaway
Food practices	n/a
Gender	n/a
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	Positive framing of discretionary foods Negative framing of everyday foods
Food as sense of place	Domestic
Setting	Domestic interior Urban landscape
Food as social cohesion	n/a
Food as cultural identity	White Australian characters
Food as character identity	Imagining food
Food as language	Food metaphors and similes Food place names [Mortadella Boulevarde]

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Picture Book of the Year - Short List Books 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod Christopher McKimmie , 2010 single work picture book ; Family Forest Kim Kane , 2010 single work picture book

Judged By More than Their Covers Katharine England , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)

Untitled Jane Campbell , 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. 26)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod Christopher McKimmie , 2010 single work picture book

Twinkle, Twinkle Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 September 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Twinkle Nick Bland , 2010 single work picture book ; The Princess and Her Panther Wendy Orr , 2010 single work picture book ; Magpie Luke Davies , 2010 single work picture book ; Two Peas in a Pod Christopher McKimmie , 2010 single work picture book

Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod Christopher McKimmie , 2010 single work picture book ; The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls Christopher Milne , 2010 selected work children's fiction

Untitled Nola Allen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod Christopher McKimmie , 2010 single work picture book