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Barbara Majcenovič Kline (International) assertion Barbara Majcenovič Kline i(12203731 works by)
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18 2 y separately published work icon Where Is Bear? Jonathan Bentley , Jonathan Bentley (illustrator), Richmond : Little Hare Books , 2016 9296591 2016 single work picture book children's

'No one goes to bed without their faithful bear. But this irresistible story has a surprise in store!' (Publication summary)
3 y separately published work icon The Man with Small Hair Jane Jolly , Andrew Joyner (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2018 14736360 2018 single work picture book children's

'The man with small hair loves his small hair. He also loves his short pants, zing-a-ding boots and clickety-clackety beads. He cartwheels with joy and bursts into song when he wears them. But the man with small hair is the only person who wears his hair small, and no one else has colourful boots or musical beads either. He decides to hide the things that make him happy in order to blend in with the crowd. Until one day he looks in the mirror and doesn’t recognise the man staring back at him.
 
The Man with Small Hair is an uplifting story about self-confidence, bravery and dancing to the beat of your own drum.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2 y separately published work icon Cherries Carrie Gallasch , Sara Acton (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2018 14735516 2018 single work picture book children's

'The days are long and warm, the nights balmy, and the cherries in the orchard are growing juicy and plump. Time stretches endlessly ahead as we’re transported to an idyllic summer of swinging from trees, running with kites and gazing at stars. With wistful illustrations by award-winning Sara Acton, Cherries is a story about the freedom of childhood and the magic of that first bite of summer fruit.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
3 y separately published work icon Things My Pa Told Me Anthony Bertini , Jonathan Bentley (illustrator), Australia : Little Hare Books , 2018 14398469 2018 single work picture book children's

'A meditation on fatherhood, and a timeless story that will resonate with fathers across the generations.

'As a day unfolds in a quiet Italian village, a father encapsulates his hopes and dreams for his young child. Wise, moving and inspirational, What My Pa Told Me is the perfect story for fathers to share with their children.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
7 3 y separately published work icon Molly and Mae Danny Parker , Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2016 9920178 2016 single work picture book children's

'Friendship is like a train journey.

'There are happy moments, boring moments and exciting moments.

'There is anger and loneliness, and there is forgiveness, and the thread of friendship runs through everything, like rail tracks through the countryside.' (Publication summary)
2 5 y separately published work icon Tree : A Little Story about Big Things Danny Parker , Matt Ottley (illustrator), Ormond : Little Hare Books , 2012 Z1893063 2012 single work picture book children's 'A sapling grows in the shelter of an older tree, where he is happy and safe. One day a violent storm destroys everything the sapling knows, and he suddenly finds himself unprotected and alone. But as the sapling grows, he gradually discovers that every end is a new beginning.' (From the publisher's website.)
9 7 y separately published work icon The Runaway Hug Nick Bland , Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Gosford : Scholastic Australia , 2011 Z1769423 2011 single work picture book children's Lucy shares the hug with everyone in her family. Along the way it becomes softer, sleepier, bigger, even peanut-buttery. But when the hug runs away, Lucy discovers that it is not so easy to get it back (Libraries Australia).
6 6 y separately published work icon Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House Libby Gleeson , Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2009 Z1636597 2009 single work picture book children's 'Like the three little pigs who leave the safety of their family home and venture out into the world, Clancy has moved with his parents from his cosy little cottage nestled amongst trees on a sunny street to a mutli-level mansion in a canyon of concrete buildings. It's the best house...It's a very fine dwelling remarks his mother and father. Clancy seems less convinced...he investigates the pile of empty packing boxes outside his new backyard. At that moment, Millie, his new next door neighbour...climbs over the fence and asks Can I play too?' (taken from Nola Allen's 'Cover Book Review' in Magpies: Talking about Books for Children, Vol 24, No. 4, Sept, 2009).
2 1 y separately published work icon Too Tight, Benito! Janeen Brian , Judith Rossell (illustrator), Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2008 Z1554656 2008 single work picture book children's A little bear grows too big for his hole.
8 7 y separately published work icon Look, a Book! Libby Gleeson , Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Neutral Bay : Little Hare Books , 2011 Z1819096 2011 single work picture book children's 'You never know where it might take you. When two ragamuffins stumble across a book in the dust their world begins to change. The familiar becomes fantastical, the mundane becomes magical, and a fractured community finds a focus. Set in a dreary, underprivileged, contemporary world, Look, A Book! is an exhilarating whirl through the magic of imagination that leaves the reader in an vertiginous trance.' (Trove)
4 8 y separately published work icon Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , Jan Ormerod (illustrator), Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2006 Z1317180 2006 single work picture book children's historical fiction

'Dougie and his sisters can't remember the last time it rained. The rainwater tanks are empty, and the river is a string of muddy pools where birds and animals come seeking water. One day, Dougie's dad tells him about his grandfather's gift for water witching. Dougie wishes he were a water witcher - then they would have a well.' (Publication summary)
9 9 y separately published work icon Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , David Legge (illustrator), Surry Hills : Little Hare Books , 2005 Z1204052 2005 single work picture book children's

"When a grumbly Baby Bear refuses to give his father a goodnight kiss, their bedtime routine is transformed into a delightful game, as daddy imagines all the different sorts of kisses that other animal babies give their dads." (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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