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'While some kids have a family tree, we have a family forest! Do you have half-sisters, big brothers, step-parents? The modern family comes in all shapes and sizes.' (Trove record)
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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
- Discretionary foods
- High fat foods
Food practices - Eating in - meal
- Eating in - snack
- Eating out - picnic
- Food preparation
Gender - Food preparation - male [bbq]
Signage n/a Positive/negative value - Negative framing of everyday foods
Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion - Family meals [picnic lunch]
Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Eight Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Family Diversity
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 January 2019; ABC News [Online] , January 2019;'The official label used by the Australian government to define a traditional family (a two parent family with biological or adopted children only) is “intact”: Not damaged or impaired in any way. Complete. Whole. Unbroken.' (Introduction)
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Picture Book of the Year - Short List Books
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book ; Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book
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Fables for Our Time
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 June 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Can I Cuddle the Moon? 2010 single work picture book ; Family Forest 2010 single work picture book ; The Miracle of the Little Wooden Duck 2010 single work picture book ; The Race for the Chinese Zodiac 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Picture Book of the Year - Short List Books
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book ; Family Forest 2010 single work picture book -
Eight Australian Picture Books That Celebrate Family Diversity
2019
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 January 2019; ABC News [Online] , January 2019;'The official label used by the Australian government to define a traditional family (a two parent family with biological or adopted children only) is “intact”: Not damaged or impaired in any way. Complete. Whole. Unbroken.' (Introduction)
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