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1 3 y separately published work icon The Wishing Cupboard Libby Hathorn , Elizabeth Stanley (illustrator), South Melbourne Andover : Lothian Ragged Bears , 2002 Z911883 2002 single work picture book children's Tran, a young boy, is anxiously awaiting his mother's return from Vietnam where she has gone to fetch his cousin, Lan, who is coming to live with them. To assuage the boy's longing for his mother, his grandmother goes with him to the 'wishing cupboard'. Together they go through many past events and dreams as Tran is allowed to explore the cupboard's contents. (Libraries Australia)
5 16 y separately published work icon Borrowed Light Anna Fienberg , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1999 Z934133 1999 single work novel young adult Callisto May, a sixteen-year-old with a passion for astronomy, has grown up in a family traumatised by a secret, unresolved grief, until her own crisis finally precipitates an openess between her parents and their children. -- From Trove record.
8 36 y separately published work icon The Rabbits John Marsden , Shaun Tan (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1998 Z139449 1998 single work picture book children's (taught in 11 units)

"The rabbits came many grandparents ago.

They build houses, made roads, had children.

They cut down trees.

A whole continent of rabbits..." (back cover)

An allegorical story using rabbits, an introduced species, to represent the arrival of Europeans in Australia and the subsequent widespread environmental destruction.
1 y separately published work icon Mystery Musicians Rodney David Martin , Svjetlan Junakovic (illustrator), Flinders Park Andover : Era Publications Ragged Bears , 2001 Z1270399 2001 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Joshua, the Man They Called Jesus Ian Jones , Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1999 Z1135240 1999 single work biography
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