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y separately published work icon Little Chiu : A Series of Stories single work   picture book   children's  
Alternative title: Book 1 : Kwong Chiu's New Year Clothes
Is part of Little Chiu Sylvia Chew , 1947- series - author picture book (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 Little Chiu : A Series of Stories
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Notes

  • Comprises one story only, 'Kwong Chiu's New Year', which was originally intended as the first book in a series of three 'Little Chiu' stories. The author was unable to find a publisher for the second two books.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Murfett , 1947 .
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      Extent: 35p.
      Description: illus. (some col.).
      Note/s:
      • Includes a song with music.
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Works about this Work

Ahead of Her Time: Sylvia Chew and 'Little Chiu' Clare Bradford , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 80-82) Bradford documents the life of Chinese-Australian writer Sylvia Chew and highlights what she sees as 'a significant comparison... between the Chinese characters and settings of the book and the predominantly Anglo-Celtic charatcers and settings of picture books of this period' (80). She discusses the series of Little Chiu picture books and the collaboration with Jean Elder in the first book of the series, as well as the frustrations experienced in attempting to have the remainder of the series published. Bradford argues that Chew 'was ahead of her time as a writer representing cultural diversity' however despite the existence of multicultural picture books, Bradford says 'Australia still has a long way to go before it adequately represents children of cultural backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic' (82).
Recent Children's Books 1948 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , April vol. 2 no. 10 1948; (p. 536-540)
— Review of Little Chiu : A Series of Stories Sylvia Chew , 1947 single work picture book
Recent Children's Books 1948 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , April vol. 2 no. 10 1948; (p. 536-540)
— Review of Little Chiu : A Series of Stories Sylvia Chew , 1947 single work picture book
Ahead of Her Time: Sylvia Chew and 'Little Chiu' Clare Bradford , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August-December vol. 5 no. 2-3 1994; (p. 80-82) Bradford documents the life of Chinese-Australian writer Sylvia Chew and highlights what she sees as 'a significant comparison... between the Chinese characters and settings of the book and the predominantly Anglo-Celtic charatcers and settings of picture books of this period' (80). She discusses the series of Little Chiu picture books and the collaboration with Jean Elder in the first book of the series, as well as the frustrations experienced in attempting to have the remainder of the series published. Bradford argues that Chew 'was ahead of her time as a writer representing cultural diversity' however despite the existence of multicultural picture books, Bradford says 'Australia still has a long way to go before it adequately represents children of cultural backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic' (82).
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