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Adaptations
- Melanie and the Night Animal 1990 single work drama
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Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Gillian Rubinstein and Her Women
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 113-124) Minchinton examines the stereotyped portrayals of women (particularly mothers) and girls in Rubinstein's novels and questions if perhaps her representations stem from Rubinstein's own childhood experiences of abandonment, grief and loss. In particular, Minchinton addresses Rubinstein's idealised 'earth Mother' as a counterpoint to the harshly portrayed 'working' and 'absent' mothers and asks a pertinent question: ' where does the story end and the personal pain begin?' (113). Minchinton observes a slight progression in Rubinstein's body of work towards a more rounded representation of womanhood and female sexuality, however overall, she argues that Rubinstein's characters '...may as well be heroes [as] they are not specifically female at all' (122). -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. -
The Book of the Year Award Shortlists
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 4 no. 2 1989; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction ; Megan's Star 1988 single work novel ; The Lake at the End of the World 1988 single work novel ; Deepwater 1987 single work novel ; You Take the High Road 1988 single work novel ; Answers to Brut 1988 single work children's fiction ; Beyond the Labyrinth 1988 single work novel ; The Split Creek Kids 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Australopedia : How Australia Works After 200 Years of Other People Living Here 1988 reference non-fiction ; Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Eleventh Hour : A Curious Mystery 1988 single work picture book ; Edward the Emu 1988 single work picture book children's fiction ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1988 single work picture book ; My Place in Space 1988 single work picture book ; Mr Nick's Knitting 1988 single work picture book ; Drac and the Gremlin 1988 single work picture book -
Plot Preferred to Characters
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 July 1989;
— Review of Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , August no. 1 1989; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 3 no. 3 1988; (p. 28)
— Review of Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Editions , August no. 1 1989; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
Plot Preferred to Characters
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 July 1989;
— Review of Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction -
The Book of the Year Award Shortlists
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 4 no. 2 1989; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction ; Megan's Star 1988 single work novel ; The Lake at the End of the World 1988 single work novel ; Deepwater 1987 single work novel ; You Take the High Road 1988 single work novel ; Answers to Brut 1988 single work children's fiction ; Beyond the Labyrinth 1988 single work novel ; The Split Creek Kids 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Australopedia : How Australia Works After 200 Years of Other People Living Here 1988 reference non-fiction ; Callie's Family 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Eleventh Hour : A Curious Mystery 1988 single work picture book ; Edward the Emu 1988 single work picture book children's fiction ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1988 single work picture book ; My Place in Space 1988 single work picture book ; Mr Nick's Knitting 1988 single work picture book ; Drac and the Gremlin 1988 single work picture book -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 32 no. 3 1988; (p. 50)
— Review of Melanie and the Night Animal 1988 single work children's fiction -
Gillian Rubinstein and Her Women
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 113-124) Minchinton examines the stereotyped portrayals of women (particularly mothers) and girls in Rubinstein's novels and questions if perhaps her representations stem from Rubinstein's own childhood experiences of abandonment, grief and loss. In particular, Minchinton addresses Rubinstein's idealised 'earth Mother' as a counterpoint to the harshly portrayed 'working' and 'absent' mothers and asks a pertinent question: ' where does the story end and the personal pain begin?' (113). Minchinton observes a slight progression in Rubinstein's body of work towards a more rounded representation of womanhood and female sexuality, however overall, she argues that Rubinstein's characters '...may as well be heroes [as] they are not specifically female at all' (122). -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
Awards
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