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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 I Don't Believe in Dragons
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Everyone in Miss May's class believes in dragons - except for Jack. When the other children join in the game of imagining a dragon at school, Jack refuses to play along. Is there anything that can convince him? (Libraries Australia).

Affiliation Notes

  • 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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Alternative title: 我不相信有龙
Transliterated title: Wo bu xiang xin you long
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

Fantasy and Its Functions in Medievalist Picture Books Clare Bradford , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Picture Books and Beyond 2014; (p. 61-74)

Looking at a range of picture books involving the Middle Ages, this chapter considers their possibilities for 'personal and social capability', showing how fantasy addresses real-life questions by providing readers with critical distance which enables them to approach contentious or 'difficult' ideas. Because the Middle Ages constitutes a fantasy world to young readers, picture books set in medieval times readily address contemporary topics such as relations between people of different ethnicities. Through the use of humour, visual and verbal interaction and intertextual references, these picture books create light-hearted and engaging narratives with clear relevance to the lives of young readers.

I Don’t Believe in Dragons Written and Illustrated by Anna Walker Dawn Meredith , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2010;

— Review of I Don't Believe in Dragons Anna Walker , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Patricia Halsall , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 25 no. 4 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of I Don't Believe in Dragons Anna Walker , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Patricia Halsall , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 25 no. 4 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of I Don't Believe in Dragons Anna Walker , 2010 single work picture book
I Don’t Believe in Dragons Written and Illustrated by Anna Walker Dawn Meredith , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2010;

— Review of I Don't Believe in Dragons Anna Walker , 2010 single work picture book
Fantasy and Its Functions in Medievalist Picture Books Clare Bradford , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Picture Books and Beyond 2014; (p. 61-74)

Looking at a range of picture books involving the Middle Ages, this chapter considers their possibilities for 'personal and social capability', showing how fantasy addresses real-life questions by providing readers with critical distance which enables them to approach contentious or 'difficult' ideas. Because the Middle Ages constitutes a fantasy world to young readers, picture books set in medieval times readily address contemporary topics such as relations between people of different ethnicities. Through the use of humour, visual and verbal interaction and intertextual references, these picture books create light-hearted and engaging narratives with clear relevance to the lives of young readers.

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