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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 That's Not a Daffodil!
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'When Tom's neighbour gives him a brown bulb, Tom can't believe it will flower. 'That's not a daffodil!' says Tom. 'Well,' says the old gardener. 'Let's plant it and see.' Elizabeth Honey has created a playful story that little children will enjoy again and again - about an inventive boy, a kindly gardener, a growing friendship and the promise of a bulb.' (Trove record)

Notes

  • 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
    Food practices
    • Food production
    Gender
    • Food production - male
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Urban
    Setting n/a
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • Non-Anglo characters
    • Migrant story
    • Stereotyped ethnicity
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it contains Turkish characters.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2011

      ISBN: 9781742372488 (hbk.), 1742372481
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      • eBook

      ISBN: 9781742693149, 1742693148
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2017 .
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      Extent: 32 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2017

      ISBN: 9781925266269, 1925266265

Works about this Work

Empathy Starts Early : 5 Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Diversity Ping Tian , Helen Caple , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 February 2021;

'Early exposure to diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. It is also crucial in cultivating compassion towards others.'

A Similarity or Difference : The Problem of Race in Australian Picture Books Victoria Flanagan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , April vol. 51 no. 2 2013; (p. 13-22)
'The prevailing humanist ideology in fiction produced for children entails that thematic explorations of race usually pivot on the notion that humans are all created equal, regardless of race. However, this position fails to acknowledge the privileged status of whiteness as a racial category. This article examines two recent Australian picture books which explore the relationship between white and non-white identities in an Australian social context, arguing that the construction of whiteness as a normative standard of human experience must be interrogated before genuinely intersubjective race relations can be achieved.' (Author's abstract)
Golden Books for Children Deborah Bogle , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
Tall Tales on Short List Katharine England , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46)
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 24)

— Review of That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 May 2011; (p. 21)

— Review of Too Small to Fail Morris Gleitzman , 2011 single work children's fiction ; That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book
Untitled Katharine England , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 May 2011; (p. 26)

— Review of That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book
A Matter of Style Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011; (p. 78-79)

— Review of I Am Thomas Libby Gleeson , 2011 single work picture book ; Tobias Blow Zacharey Jane , 2011 single work picture book ; The Little Dragon Mem Fox , 2011 single work picture book ; That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book ; The Runaway Hug Nick Bland , 2011 single work picture book ; You Are My Special Baby Carol Chataway , 2011 single work picture book ; The Dream of the Thylacine Margaret Wild , 2011 single work picture book ; Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold Ruth Starke , 2011 single work picture book
Review of a variety of picture books for children.
[Review] That's Not a Daffodil! Moira Robinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 26 no. 2 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 24)

— Review of That's Not a Daffodil! Elizabeth Honey , 2011 single work picture book
Tall Tales on Short List Katharine England , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46)
Golden Books for Children Deborah Bogle , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2012; (p. 3)
A Similarity or Difference : The Problem of Race in Australian Picture Books Victoria Flanagan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bookbird , April vol. 51 no. 2 2013; (p. 13-22)
'The prevailing humanist ideology in fiction produced for children entails that thematic explorations of race usually pivot on the notion that humans are all created equal, regardless of race. However, this position fails to acknowledge the privileged status of whiteness as a racial category. This article examines two recent Australian picture books which explore the relationship between white and non-white identities in an Australian social context, arguing that the construction of whiteness as a normative standard of human experience must be interrogated before genuinely intersubjective race relations can be achieved.' (Author's abstract)
Empathy Starts Early : 5 Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Diversity Ping Tian , Helen Caple , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 February 2021;

'Early exposure to diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. It is also crucial in cultivating compassion towards others.'

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