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Selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, launched at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in July 2022. (Source: https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/11/25/206436/aus-picture-books-chosen-for-ifla-catalogue/). (Sighted: 25/11/2021)
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Works about this Work
- Fortunate Lives : Societal Ideologies in Two Award Winning Australian Picture Books single work criticism
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Longing and Belonging in the Green Worlds of Jeannie Baker
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Storying Plants in Australian Children's and Young Adult Literature : Roots and Winged Seeds 2023; (p. 75-87)'Jeannie Baker uses mixed materials, including real plants, to illustrate relationships between nature, humans and suburban and urban development in her textless collage picturebooks Window (1991) and Belonging (2004). These popular texts are read and studied in the classroom to raise environmental awareness and explore themes of sustainable development and community action. How can a reading of these two books through the lens of Indigenous writer and academic Ambelin Kwaymullina’s verse manifesto, Living on Stolen Land, reveal and disturb the mechanisms of settler-colonialism as they appear in Baker’s work? Placing these texts in juxtaposition with each other generates new understandings and new narrative possibilities.' (Publication abstract)
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Passion, Pedagogy and the Political : Looking Back, Looking Forward
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 27-35) -
From Eden to Suburbia : Perspectives on the Natural World in Children's Literature
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-45) Stephen's compares a number of children's texts, including Jeannie Baker's Window and Belonging, which focus on representations of the natural environment. Stephen's articulates three ideological perspectives which are the most common approaches to dealing with ecological issues in children's literature; the positioning of human subjectivity as outside of nature; the assumption that 'a represented landscape must include humans to perceive it and operate as a site of some kind of narrative'; and the representation of nature as 'endangered' and reliant upon human intervention and appropriate management (41). Stephens claims that overall, texts with an ecological message show a tendency to locate humans as both the cause of and solution to, ecological destruction, and texts which are seeking to actively engage with ecology issues are usually a variation of the second type (45). For Stephen's, Baker's Belonging is a 'quintessential' example of a novel which positions the perspective of humans outside of nature and as the source of value and meaning (45). -
No Words Required for Green Message
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 2004; (p. 6) Jeannie Baker uses intricate collages to portray her message of environmental conservation in her picture books for children.
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 2 1991; (p. 13)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
[Review] Window
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , May/June vol. 67 no. 3 1991; (p. 312-313)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
PreSchool & Primary Grades Fiction
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , March vol. 37 no. 3 1991; (p. 166)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , June vol. 11 no. 5 1991; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Window 1991 single work picture book -
Changing Scenes from a Window
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 October 1991;
— Review of Nurse Lugton's Curtain 1991 single work picture book ; Window 1991 single work picture book -
No Words Required for Green Message
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 August 2004; (p. 6) Jeannie Baker uses intricate collages to portray her message of environmental conservation in her picture books for children. -
Cover Book : Window by Jeannie Baker
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 6 no. 2 1991; (p. 4) -
Environmentally Friendly Australian Children's Fiction : The 1991 Crop
1992
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column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 7 no. 3 1992; (p. 20-21) -
From Eden to Suburbia : Perspectives on the Natural World in Children's Literature
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 40-45) Stephen's compares a number of children's texts, including Jeannie Baker's Window and Belonging, which focus on representations of the natural environment. Stephen's articulates three ideological perspectives which are the most common approaches to dealing with ecological issues in children's literature; the positioning of human subjectivity as outside of nature; the assumption that 'a represented landscape must include humans to perceive it and operate as a site of some kind of narrative'; and the representation of nature as 'endangered' and reliant upon human intervention and appropriate management (41). Stephens claims that overall, texts with an ecological message show a tendency to locate humans as both the cause of and solution to, ecological destruction, and texts which are seeking to actively engage with ecology issues are usually a variation of the second type (45). For Stephen's, Baker's Belonging is a 'quintessential' example of a novel which positions the perspective of humans outside of nature and as the source of value and meaning (45). -
Passion, Pedagogy and the Political : Looking Back, Looking Forward
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 27-35)
Awards
- 1993 winner COOL Award — Picture Book
- 1992 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year