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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
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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
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
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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
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Empathy Starts Early : 5 Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Diversity
2021
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— 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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A Similarity or Difference : The Problem of Race in Australian Picture Books
2013
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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)
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Golden Books for Children
2012
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Tall Tales on Short List
2012
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Untitled
2011
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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! 2011 single work picture book
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Under Age
2011
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 May 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Too Small to Fail 2011 single work children's fiction ; That's Not a Daffodil! 2011 single work picture book -
Untitled
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 May 2011; (p. 26)
— Review of That's Not a Daffodil! 2011 single work picture book -
A Matter of Style
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 332 2011; (p. 78-79)
— Review of I Am Thomas 2011 single work picture book ; Tobias Blow 2011 single work picture book ; The Little Dragon 2011 single work picture book ; That's Not a Daffodil! 2011 single work picture book ; The Runaway Hug 2011 single work picture book ; You Are My Special Baby 2011 single work picture book ; The Dream of the Thylacine 2011 single work picture book ; Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold 2011 single work picture book Review of a variety of picture books for children. -
[Review] That's Not a Daffodil!
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! 2011 single work picture book -
Untitled
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! 2011 single work picture book -
Tall Tales on Short List
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 April 2012; (p. 46) -
Golden Books for Children
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
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)
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Empathy Starts Early : 5 Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Diversity
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.'
Awards
- 2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Early Childhood
- 2012 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Young Children (2005-2013)
- 2012 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Early Childhood
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