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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 First Light
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"A boy and his father go fishing at first light, and are brought together by the power of the sea."

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 1993 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0850915678
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lothian , 1995 .
      Extent: [29]p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0850916739 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Know the Author/Illustrator : Peter Gouldthorpe Rae Carlyle (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 14-17)
'Peter Gouldthorpe, a CBCA award winning illustrator, has been colouring the pages of Australian children's literature for nearly three decades. His literary career was launched in 1983 with the publication of Jonah and the Manly Ferry, which he both illustrated and wrote. The intervening years have seen him bring to rich visual life the words of authors such as Paul Jennings, Colin Thiele, and Gary Crew (q.q.v.). His own words, however, have remained mostly unprinted, but with the release of his latest book No Return: Captain Scott's Race to the Pole he once again fills the dual roles of author and illustrator.' (p. 14)
y separately published work icon Developing a Hungry Eye : Evaluating the Visual Narrative in Australian Children's Picture Books Stephanie Owen Reeder , Bruce : 2004 Z1133200 2004 single work thesis During the period studied in this thesis, 1970-1999, picture books in Australia have become increasingly sophisticated and complex. In order to decode them readers need higher levels of visual literacy. In researching this the author has created a framework for evaluating visual narrative structure in picture books. This was then developed and tested on a total of 145 Australian picture books, with special focus given to the works of Ron Brooks, Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise, Mem Fox, Donna Rawlins, Gary Crew and Bob Graham.
A Psychoanalytic Reading of Gary Crew and Peter Goldthorpe's First Light Alice Mills , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature Matters : Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Children's Literature Association for Research Conference 2001;
Inspiration to Illustration: The Processes Peter Gouldthorpe , 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 17 1995; (p. 4-7)
Creative Collaboration Krista Bell , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Author , Autumn vol. 27 no. 1 1995; (p. 12-13)
Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 32)

— Review of First Light Gary Crew , 1993 single work picture book
Comparing Apples with Oranges Margaret Aitken , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 20 August 1994; (p. 8)

— Review of First Light Gary Crew , 1993 single work picture book ; Rowan of Rin Emily Rodda , 1993 single work children's fiction ; The Paw Natalie Jane Prior , 1993 single work picture book ; Dog Tales Janet McLean , 1993 single work picture book
Marvellous Metaphors Robyn Sheahan-Bright , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 April 1994; (p. wkd 6)

— Review of First Light Gary Crew , 1993 single work picture book
Striking Blend of Art and Text Belle Y. Alderman , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 August 1994; (p. 10)

— Review of First Light Gary Crew , 1993 single work picture book ; The Paw Natalie Jane Prior , 1993 single work picture book
Insights to Share Katharine England , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 20 August 1994; (p. 10,12)

— Review of First Light Gary Crew , 1993 single work picture book ; The Girl with No Name Pat Lowe , 1994 single work novel ; Gracey James Moloney , 1994 single work novel ; Inventing Anthony West Gary Crew , 1994 single work novel ; The White Guinea-Pig Ursula Dubosarsky , 1994 single work novel
Picture Book Gary Crew , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 4)
Picture Book Peter Gouldthorpe , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 38 no. 4 1994; (p. 4-5)
y separately published work icon Developing a Hungry Eye : Evaluating the Visual Narrative in Australian Children's Picture Books Stephanie Owen Reeder , Bruce : 2004 Z1133200 2004 single work thesis During the period studied in this thesis, 1970-1999, picture books in Australia have become increasingly sophisticated and complex. In order to decode them readers need higher levels of visual literacy. In researching this the author has created a framework for evaluating visual narrative structure in picture books. This was then developed and tested on a total of 145 Australian picture books, with special focus given to the works of Ron Brooks, Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise, Mem Fox, Donna Rawlins, Gary Crew and Bob Graham.
Know the Author/Illustrator : Peter Gouldthorpe Rae Carlyle (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 14-17)
'Peter Gouldthorpe, a CBCA award winning illustrator, has been colouring the pages of Australian children's literature for nearly three decades. His literary career was launched in 1983 with the publication of Jonah and the Manly Ferry, which he both illustrated and wrote. The intervening years have seen him bring to rich visual life the words of authors such as Paul Jennings, Colin Thiele, and Gary Crew (q.q.v.). His own words, however, have remained mostly unprinted, but with the release of his latest book No Return: Captain Scott's Race to the Pole he once again fills the dual roles of author and illustrator.' (p. 14)
Creative Collaboration Krista Bell , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Author , Autumn vol. 27 no. 1 1995; (p. 12-13)
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