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y separately published work icon Edwina the Emu single work   picture book   children's fiction   children's   humour  
Is part of Picture Bluegums series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Edwina the Emu
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  • Dedication: for ZOE and MARGOT -S.K.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1996 .
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      Extent: [29] p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 1997 Picture Bluegum Series
      ISBN: 0207189145, 0207189137
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       HarperTrophy ,       1997 .
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      Extent: 1 v. (unpaged)p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0064434834 (pbk.)
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  • Sound recording. (With Feathers for Phoebe – Edward the emu – Louisa May Picket – Olga the brolga – Counting on Frank)
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y separately published work icon Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , Rod Clement (illustrator), Sydney : Collins Anne Ingram Books , 1988 Z832117 1988 single work picture book children's fiction children's humour

'Edward the emu was sick of the zoo,

There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do,

And compared to the seals that lived right next door,

Well being an emu was frankly a bore.

'Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals. He spends a day lounging with the lions. He even does a stint slithering with the snakes.

'But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. And so he returns to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him. . . .

'Edward is tired of being an emu, so he decides to try being something else for a change. First he spends some time swimming with the seals. Next, he lounges with the lions. He even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may not be so bad after all. So he heads back to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him . . .' (Publication summary)
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I Looked at 100 Best-selling Picture Books: Female Protagonists Were Largely Invisible Sarah Mokrzycki , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2019;

'In recent years, there has been a surge in “female empowerment” stories in the Australian picture book market. This long-overdue movement was largely inspired by the success of the crowdfunded book Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, spawning many imitations since its publication in 2016.'  (Introduction)
[Review] Edwina the Emu 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 28)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
Before School Tanya Dalgleish , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , June vol. 17 no. 4 1997; (p. 42)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
[Review] Edwina the Emu Howard George , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 40 no. 2 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
Echoes and Emus Nicola Robinson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 182 1996; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Big Cat Dreaming Margaret Wild , 1996 single work picture book ; Idjhil : And the Land Cried for its Lost Soul Helen Bell , 1996 single work children's fiction ; Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction ; Willis and the Echo Craig Wellington , 1996 single work picture book
[Review] Edwina the Emu Howard George , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 40 no. 2 1996; (p. 16)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
[Review] Edwina the Emu Kevin Steinberger , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 11 no. 3 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
Before School Tanya Dalgleish , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , June vol. 17 no. 4 1997; (p. 42)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
[Review] Edwina the Emu 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 12 no. 3 1997; (p. 28)
— Review of Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction
Echoes and Emus Nicola Robinson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 182 1996; (p. 61-62)
— Review of Big Cat Dreaming Margaret Wild , 1996 single work picture book ; Idjhil : And the Land Cried for its Lost Soul Helen Bell , 1996 single work children's fiction ; Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1996 single work picture book children's fiction ; Willis and the Echo Craig Wellington , 1996 single work picture book
I Looked at 100 Best-selling Picture Books: Female Protagonists Were Largely Invisible Sarah Mokrzycki , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2019;

'In recent years, there has been a surge in “female empowerment” stories in the Australian picture book market. This long-overdue movement was largely inspired by the success of the crowdfunded book Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, spawning many imitations since its publication in 2016.'  (Introduction)
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