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Hazel Green
2000
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children's fiction
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2001...
2001
Have Courage, Hazel Green!
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Dedication: For Alison
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Also published in braille.
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'I Don't Like Your Kind of People' : Cultural Pluralism in Odo Hirsh's Have Courage, Hazel Green
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 50-58) Beverly Pennell argues that 'children, nation and race' are inextricably linked through disourses that position children as 'the nation's most valuable asset' and 'the key to social advance', and that the significance of multiculturalism within children's literature lies in its ability to enagage the child reader with textual representations of cultural pluralism (50). She draws attention to critics who argue that representations of multiculturalism in Australian children's fiction lean more towards the 'superficial and cosmetic' in dealing with issues of cultural diversity and that 'the mulicultural context is often 'taken for granted' at the expense of the plot' (50). In contrast, she argues that Odo Hirsch's Have Courage, Hazel Green 'proposes that children's acculteration into an officially multicultural society generally devolves into assimilationist and integrationist practices that efface cultural differences ... and exposes policies of tolerance as an unsatisfactory basis for egalitarian social relations' (50). Her close reading of the text concludes that Hazel Green speaks to the importance of minority rights and to the due recognition of culture...and enables child readers to see why the circumstances of multiculturalism are far from straightforward' (57). -
The Children's Book Council of Australia : Annual Awards 2002
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 2-13) -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 46 no. 2 2002; (p. 26)
— Review of Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty 2001 single work children's fiction ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction -
Book of the Year : Younger Readers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 20)
— Review of Joseph 2001 single work picture book ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird 2001 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), 2001 single work children's fiction ; My Dog 2000 single work picture book ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction -
Youthful Traditions Upheld
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 December 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction ; Toad Heaven 2001 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 46 no. 2 2002; (p. 26)
— Review of Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty 2001 single work children's fiction ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction -
Youthful Traditions Upheld
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 December 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction ; Toad Heaven 2001 single work children's fiction -
Book of the Year : Younger Readers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 20)
— Review of Joseph 2001 single work picture book ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird 2001 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), 2001 single work children's fiction ; My Dog 2000 single work picture book ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! 2001 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council of Australia : Annual Awards 2002
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 2-13) -
'I Don't Like Your Kind of People' : Cultural Pluralism in Odo Hirsh's Have Courage, Hazel Green
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , December vol. 17 no. 2 2007; (p. 50-58) Beverly Pennell argues that 'children, nation and race' are inextricably linked through disourses that position children as 'the nation's most valuable asset' and 'the key to social advance', and that the significance of multiculturalism within children's literature lies in its ability to enagage the child reader with textual representations of cultural pluralism (50). She draws attention to critics who argue that representations of multiculturalism in Australian children's fiction lean more towards the 'superficial and cosmetic' in dealing with issues of cultural diversity and that 'the mulicultural context is often 'taken for granted' at the expense of the plot' (50). In contrast, she argues that Odo Hirsch's Have Courage, Hazel Green 'proposes that children's acculteration into an officially multicultural society generally devolves into assimilationist and integrationist practices that efface cultural differences ... and exposes policies of tolerance as an unsatisfactory basis for egalitarian social relations' (50). Her close reading of the text concludes that Hazel Green speaks to the importance of minority rights and to the due recognition of culture...and enables child readers to see why the circumstances of multiculturalism are far from straightforward' (57).
Awards
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