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'Nancy is worried. She's said she has a Venus Flytrap, but she hasn't really got one, and now the teacher wants her to bring it in to show the class. Nancy wants so much to be the centre of attention at school that she makes up a story - a wish, really. At home Nancy is grabbing stories out of the air. Maybe the flytrap ate so many blowflies it got sick? But with the help of stories from both sides of her family - white Australian and Aboriginal - she learns something about what is true for her, and what she herself has to offer. She pesters Mum and One-two-three Gee, and their stories help her find something special of her own. What will Nancy tell her class in the morning? Flytrap is a playful and inspiring book about what stories can do.'
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Works about this Work
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Making Sense of 'Their' Sense of Place : Australian Children's Literature Landscape on Indigenous Land
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Children's Literature , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 27-37)Collins-Gearing examines how representations of Indigenality, Indigenous people and life in Australian children's literature have been constructed by non-indigenous authors to accommodate a white sense of place and community, often to the exclusion of indigenous child readers.
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[Review] Flytrap
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 44)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction -
Children's Novels
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 October 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction ; Where in the World 2002 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Garden of Empress Cassia 2002 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Flytrap
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction -
Fantastic but Not Unreal
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2002; (p. R10-R11)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Flytrap
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 44)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction -
Fantastic but Not Unreal
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2002; (p. 10-11)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction -
Fantastic but Not Unreal
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2002; (p. R10-R11)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 2001 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Flytrap
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction -
Children's Novels
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 October 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Flytrap 2002 single work children's fiction ; Where in the World 2002 single work children's fiction ; Boy Overboard 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Garden of Empress Cassia 2002 single work children's fiction -
Making Sense of 'Their' Sense of Place : Australian Children's Literature Landscape on Indigenous Land
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Children's Literature , vol. 33 no. 2 2007; (p. 27-37)Collins-Gearing examines how representations of Indigenality, Indigenous people and life in Australian children's literature have been constructed by non-indigenous authors to accommodate a white sense of place and community, often to the exclusion of indigenous child readers.