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Children’s Literature Books & Readers (LANG1035)
Semester 1 / 2014

Texts

y separately published work icon Jarvis 24 David Metzenthen , Hawthorn : Penguin , 2009 Z1578237 2009 single work novel young adult (taught in 1 units)

'So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend.

'But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Experience at a local car yard - where his world is truly rocked, shocked and shaken.

'Then Marc meets Electra. And nothing will ever be the same again...

'A story of true friends, crazed coaches, shooting stars, and loves lost and found.' (Publisher's blurb)

y separately published work icon Someone Like Me Elaine Forrestal , Victoria : Puffin , 1996 Z833944 1996 single work children's fiction children's adventure (taught in 1 units)

It's just another year of getting into strife at school and mucking around with his dog at home for Tas - until he meets Enya the new girl at his school. She is different from the others - cool and calm. She becomes a special friend to Tas. But the violence that Enya thought she had left behind in Northern Ireland catches up with her, and this in turn has a devastating effect on Tas. His life will never be the same again.

(Source: Trove)

y separately published work icon Grace Morris Gleitzman , Camberwell : Viking , 2009 Z1614855 2009 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 1 units) 'In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing sins. And lo, that's when all our problems began.' (From the publisher's website.)
y separately published work icon The Day My Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2001 Z893871 2001 single work children's fiction children's humour (taught in 1 units) Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story, the story of a boy and his crazy runaway bum; the story of a crack bum-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Bum Hunter and his formidable daughter, and some of the biggest, ugliest and meanest bums ever to roam the face of the Earth. This is a story of courage and endurance that takes Zack on a journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest and over the Sea of Bums before descending into the heart of an explosive bumcano to confront the biggest, ugliest and meanest bum of them all.

Truckers - Pratchett

Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson

After the First Death - Cormier

Hatchet - Paulsen

Salt - Gee

The Recruit - Muchamore

The Sheep-pig - King-Smith

Bad Beginning - Snicket

Holes - Sachar

Matilda - Dahl

Code Name Verity - Wein

Twilight - Meyer

The Graveyard Book - Gaiman

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian - Alexie

Description

To provide an academic introduction to texts and theories within the field of Children’s Literature.

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