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Tony Flowers Tony Flowers i(A90775 works by)
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y separately published work icon This Old Thing Lindfield : Omnibus Books , 2022 23601279 2022 single work picture book children's

'When a young boy is asked to bring an object to contribute to his class ANZAC project, he finds all kinds of old things - some wildly exciting, others more confusing. But a faded, forgotten photograph of his great-great-grandfather makes sense of everything...' (Publication summary)

2023 longlisted Book Links Award for Historical Fiction
y separately published work icon MoonFish MoonFish : Poems to Make You Laugh and Think Abbotsford : Ford Street , 2019 15508423 2019 selected work poetry picture book children's

'Children will love the humour and catchy rhymes of the twenty-nine poems featuring manic TVs, monsters and everything in between.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
y separately published work icon Hello! Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2016 9553125 2016 single work picture book children's

'Yiasou! That’s hello in Greek!

'Or would you like to say hello in Chinese? What about Italian or Korean? Murrinhpatha or Kaurna?

'Meet 12 Australian friends who can speak different languages. They tell us how to count from 1 to 10, say hello and goodbye and lots of other words in their languages about play, food, hobbies and clothes.

'Once we’ve said hello, we can watch Emiko playing the Japanese drum and Pilinh performing an Aboriginal dance. We can see how to make gnocchi with Sophia and flat bread with Amal.

'This book is an introduction to 12 languages spoken most frequently in Australian homes, plus three Indigenous languages. At the back of the book is a pronunciation guide. Illustrated in a cartoon style, the pictures add humour and fun to language learning. Each language and culture is introduced by a child character - and you might spot a koala or two … ' (Publication summary)

2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
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