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'A children's fantasy about Toby, a boy who discovers treasure at the bottom of his garden. He finds that the treasure causes so many arguments that he finally has to bury it again.'
Source: Blurb.
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Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
Sydney
:
2009
27495428
2009
single work
thesis
'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'
Source: Abstract.
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Children's Book of the Year Award, 1983 : A Judge's Report by Students at The Geelong College, Victoria
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 89 1983; (p. 12-14) Eight students, Simon Chalmers, Naomi Druce, Sophie Gebhart, Michaela Manwaring, Sean Milne, Campbell Moody, Tim Neal and Andrew Rutherford argued and decided from the 1983 shortlisted books a winner and three runners-up for the Book of the Year Award. Their report was compiled before the announcement of the Children's Book Council of Australia's 1983 winners. -
Children's Book Council of Australia Judge's Report, 1983
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 88 1983; (p. 6-13) -
[Review] Toby's Millions
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 86 1983; (p. 45)
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction -
Writing for a Young Audience
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 50 1983; (p. 17)
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Toby's Millions [et al]
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 March 1983;
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Watcher in the Garden 1982 single work children's fiction ; Thing 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Left Overs 1982 single work children's fiction ; The Dragon Stone 1982 single work novel ; Three Way Street 1982 single work novel ; Moonlight 1982 single work picture book ; Battles in the Bath 1982 single work picture book -
[Review] Toby's Millions
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , August 1982;
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction -
Writing for a Young Audience
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 50 1983; (p. 17)
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Toby's Millions
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 86 1983; (p. 45)
— Review of Toby's Millions 1982 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Council of Australia Judge's Report, 1983
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 88 1983; (p. 6-13) -
Children's Book of the Year Award, 1983 : A Judge's Report by Students at The Geelong College, Victoria
1983
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 89 1983; (p. 12-14) Eight students, Simon Chalmers, Naomi Druce, Sophie Gebhart, Michaela Manwaring, Sean Milne, Campbell Moody, Tim Neal and Andrew Rutherford argued and decided from the 1983 shortlisted books a winner and three runners-up for the Book of the Year Award. Their report was compiled before the announcement of the Children's Book Council of Australia's 1983 winners. -
y
Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
Sydney
:
2009
27495428
2009
single work
thesis
'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'
Source: Abstract.