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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 A Life in Libraries : Writing Lucy's Book
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One of the most important decisions of my life life tool place in a school library. It happened in Brisbane, about 1973. An ordinary sort of day. I headed for the library as soon as my lunch was eaten and, standing be the circulation desk, I looked at the shelves full of books and made myself a promise. 'When I grow up,' I told myself. "I'm going to be a writer. Other people might think it's better to write for grown ups, but I'm going to write children's books, and one day, my books are going to be on the shelves of this library.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Magpies : Talking About Books for Children vol. 32 no. 1 March 2017 11582069 2017 periodical issue

    'Whatever has happened to the word 'knowledge'? It seems to have become passe in today's information-driven world. A browse through book review journals turns up very few books with knowledge in the title. Or the word 'wonder' for that matter, the innate quality that drives people to inquire and read and seek knowledge. However books offering information and facts are a plenty.' (Editorial)

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