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'Here is a playground of dazzling lights, sounds and noises, shapes and patterns, buildings that reach to the sky and the bellies of aeroplanes, almost close enough to touch. Here is a chance to stop, look and really see and hear the city that is In My Backyard.' (Good Reads)
Notes
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Available in braille.
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
Food types - Everyday foods
- Everyday drinks
- Discretionary drinks
- Fast food/Takeaway
Food practices - Eating out - snack
Gender n/a Signage - Signs for fictional products
- Shop sign
- Logo
Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Urban
Setting - Urban landscape
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
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Works about this Work
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book -
Reviews of the Shortlisted Books Relevant to Teenage Readers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 1 2002; (p. 10-19)
— Review of Finding Grace 2001 single work novel ; Forest 2001 single work novel ; Yoss 2001 single work novel ; Mahalia 2001 single work novel ; Jinx 2001 single work novel ; When Dogs Cry 2001 single work novel ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction ; An Ordinary Day 2001 single work picture book ; My Dog 2000 single work picture book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; The Red Tree 2001 single work picture book ; Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac 2001 single work biography -
Picture Book of the Year
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 22)
— Review of An Ordinary Day 2001 single work picture book ; Horrible Harriet 2001 single work picture book ; My Dog 2000 single work picture book ; Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; The Red Tree 2001 single work picture book -
Mature Picture Books
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 48-49)
— Review of The Biography of Gilbert Alexander Pig 1999 single work picture book ; Sky Boy 2001 single work picture book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; The House of Narcissus 2001 single work picture book ; Night Without Darkness 2001 single work picture book -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 16 no. 5 2001; (p. 30)
— Review of In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 46 no. 1 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book -
Of Meaning, Rhythm and Art
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 October 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; Night Without Darkness 2001 single work picture book ; Zara's Zoo 2001 single work picture book -
Mature Picture Books
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 48-49)
— Review of The Biography of Gilbert Alexander Pig 1999 single work picture book ; Sky Boy 2001 single work picture book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; The House of Narcissus 2001 single work picture book ; Night Without Darkness 2001 single work picture book -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 16 no. 5 2001; (p. 30)
— Review of In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book -
Picture Book of the Year
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 22)
— Review of An Ordinary Day 2001 single work picture book ; Horrible Harriet 2001 single work picture book ; My Dog 2000 single work picture book ; Papunya School Book of Country and History 2001 single work information book ; In My Backyard 2001 single work picture book ; The Red Tree 2001 single work picture book
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