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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Queenie : One Elephant's Story
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'Queenie was found in India. She was captured and taken to Melbourne Zoo, where she gave rides, was teased and retaliated in kind. She was the star of the zoo. When she killed her keeper she was destroyed even though she was loved by many.'  (Publication summary)

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    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Dog Books , 2006 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781876372972, 1876372974 (hbk.), 1921167041 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Queenie: One Elephant's Story by Corinne Fenton Emma Cameron , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , March 2012;
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
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)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12)
[Review] Queenie : One Elephant's Story Moira Robinson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
[Review] Queenie : One Elephant's Story Moira Robinson , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
Dish and Spoon Run Away, Lassie Fails to Come Home Meg Sorensen , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 July 2006; (p. 37)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book ; Moon Bear Rescue Kim Dale , 2006 single work picture book ; Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair Lee Fox , 2006 single work picture book
Kids' Lit Jodie Minus , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Little Wing Joanne Horniman , 2006 single work novel ; Gravity Scot Gardner , 2006 single work novel ; The Birthmark Beth Montgomery , 2006 single work novel ; Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 August 2006; (p. 30)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
Book Briefs Lucy Sussex , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 August 2006; (p. 7)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
Queen of the Zoo Fran Metcalf , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 - 20 August 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Queenie : One Elephant's Story Corinne Fenton , 2006 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12)
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)
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