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What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II
single work
children's
historical fiction
What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II
single work
children's
historical fiction
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1995
What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II
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'Emmy remembers World War II.
'The night the Prime Minister announced on the radio that Australia was at war I was nine years old. Lola's mum cried. Although the fighting was far away our lives were changed forever. We had air raid drills at school and knitted socks to send to the soldiers. American soldiers arrived and the first hamburger shop opened. We held concerts for the War Effort and rolled bandages for the Red Cross. Lola's brother George went off to fight and nothing was the same for those of us who stayed at home.
''What Was the War Like Grandma?' is an extraordinary recreation of the war years from a child's point of view.' (Publication summary)
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Fine Focus : Rachel Tonkin, a Life in Art and Illustration
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 4-8) 'Art, to the artist, is inevitable, but the rest of us want to know: what are the whims, accidents and resolutions that shape a career? How does each artwork come to be just like that? What colour was the telegram delivery bike in South Melbourne during World War II? And what is that chimp doing over there? Like a good biography, Rachel Tonkin's retrospective steers us through her five decades in book illustration and writing, botanical art, and fine art and sculpture, and lets us make some connections' (Introduction) -
What Was the War Like, Grandma? by Rachel Tonkin
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , August 2013;
— Review of What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II 1995 single work picture book -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1996
1996
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criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 3-11) -
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1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 39 no. 3 1995; (p. 24)
— Review of What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II 1995 single work picture book
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Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 39 no. 3 1995; (p. 24)
— Review of What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II 1995 single work picture book -
What Was the War Like, Grandma? by Rachel Tonkin
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , August 2013;
— Review of What Was the War Like, Grandma? : Emmy Remembers World War II 1995 single work picture book -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1996
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 3-11) -
Fine Focus : Rachel Tonkin, a Life in Art and Illustration
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books For Children , November vol. 31 no. 5 2016; (p. 4-8) 'Art, to the artist, is inevitable, but the rest of us want to know: what are the whims, accidents and resolutions that shape a career? How does each artwork come to be just like that? What colour was the telegram delivery bike in South Melbourne during World War II? And what is that chimp doing over there? Like a good biography, Rachel Tonkin's retrospective steers us through her five decades in book illustration and writing, botanical art, and fine art and sculpture, and lets us make some connections' (Introduction)
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