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Michelle Dawson Michelle Dawson i(A139575 works by)
Born: Established:
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1985
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1 y separately published work icon Fluke Lesley Gibbes , Michelle Dawson (illustrator), Adelaide : Working Title Press , 2017 11617405 2017 single work picture book children's

'In 2012 a Southern right whale gave birth to a calf in Sydney Harbour. It was the third time in recorded history that a Southern right whale had been born in the harbour. The mother and calf stayed in the sheltered waters of the city’s inlets and bays for several months before heading south to the Antarctic waters. The people of Sydney were entranced by the presence of these whales so close to the city. Since then there have been numerous other sightings of whale calves in Sydney waters, including one which was found nestling next to a boat after being separated from its mother. '

'The story of Fluke is based on these events. '  (Publication Summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon Let's Go to Sleep Margaret Wild , Michelle Dawson (illustrator), Adelaide : Working Title Press , 2013 Z1908760 2013 single work picture book children's 'Hush! All over the world, in deserts and jungles, in woodlands and seas, little ones everywhere are going to sleep.

Let's Go To Sleep is the perfect bedtime book - guaranteed to give all small readers the sweetest of dreams.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 4 y separately published work icon Simpson's Donkey : A Wartime Journey to Gallipoli and Beyond Peter Stanley , Sydney : Pier 9 , 2011 Z1774093 2011 single work children's fiction children's Based on the most famous animal in Australian history, Simpson's Donkey tells the story of his service during the Gallipoli campaign where for three weeks he was one of several donkeys that Simpson used to carry wounded men down to Anzac Cove. His life before and after Gallipoli is a mystery but Peter Stanley has beautifully imagined the rest (Libraries Australia).
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