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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia
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'Join Grace and her family on their adventurous and sometimes funny expedition. A warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by the much-loved, award-winning author and illustrator, Alison Lester.' (Publication summary)

Reading Australia

Reading Australia

This work has Reading Australia teaching resources.

Unit Suitable For:

AC: Year 3 (NSW Stage 2)

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Information and communication technology, Intercultural understanding, Literacy

Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

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Teacher's notes from publisher's website.

Notes

  • 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 foods
    • High fat foods
    • High salt foods
    • Fast food/Takeaway [fish and chips, night markets]
    • Bushtucker
    Food practices
    • Eating out - meal
    • Eating out - snack
    • Eating out - picnics
    • Food preparation
    Gender
    • Food preparation - male [outdoor fire]
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Urban
    Setting n/a
    Food as social cohesion
    • Family meals [picnics]
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

  • Selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, launched at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in July 2022. (Source: https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/11/25/206436/aus-picture-books-chosen-for-ifla-catalogue/). (Sighted: 25/11/2021)
  • Number 30 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2004 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 32p.
      ISBN: 0670880671
    • La Jolla, San Diego, California,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Kane/Miller Book Publishers ,       2005 .
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      Extent: 1 v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus., map
      ISBN: 1929132735 (hardcover)
Alternative title: 我們到底到了沒?
Alternative title: Wo men dao di dao le mei?
Language: Chinese
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Works about this Work

Borrowers Stay True to Favourite Authors Linda Morris , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 16 February 2014; (p. 23)
Children's Literature in the Frame 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , 12 June no. 219 2012; (p. 10-11)
Visual Identities : Australianness in Australian Picture Books Pam Macintyre , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Teaching Australian Literature : From Classroom Conversations to National Imaginings 2011; (p. 352-368) ‘The literature written for young people can be a vehicle for mediating change in mainstream attitudes, or it can confirm existing values. As with all literature, it carries ideologies. In this chapter, I will focus on the picture book, which constructs its meanings through dual visual and written texts. In particular, I will analyse selected, recent award-winning Australian picture books for their representations of ‘Australianness’.’ (From author’s introduction, p. 352)
A Look into Books Fiona Purdon , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 December 2011; (p. 57) A new exhibition allows children to get up close with their favourite illustrations.
Magic Words Merit First Laureates Deborah Bogle , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 42)
Get the Pictures Jodie Minus , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 October 2004; (p. 15)
— Review of Belonging Jeannie Baker , 2004 single work picture book ; The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft , 2004 single work picture book ; Mrs Wiggins' Wartymelons Glenda Millard , 2004 single work picture book ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; Ruby Roo Jumps Too High Lucy Nichols , 2004 single work picture book
Domestic Travel Amy Mackay Lyne , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , October 2004; (p. 46)
— Review of Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book
[Review] Are We There Yet? Kevin Steinberger , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 19 no. 5 2004; (p. 29)
— Review of Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book
Continental Drifters in a Family Four-Wheel-Drive Jonathan Green , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 November 2004; (p. 3)
— Review of Around Australia in 80 Days Jonathan Green , 2004 single work autobiography ; Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book
Bookshelf Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 December 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester , 2004 single work picture book ; On Our Way to the Beach Sofie Laguna , 2004 single work picture book ; Seven More Sleeps : Babs the Baby and Fog the Dog Margaret Wild , 2004 single work picture book
A Family on the Road Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 November 2004; (p. 20)
The Best of Young Reading Bernadette Condren , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 December 2004; (p. 8)
A Vision Splendid Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 61)
Picture Books Alison Lester , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 4)
Magic Words Merit First Laureates Deborah Bogle , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 42)
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