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Marvin and Violet have been friends since they were babies. They are like two peas in a pod. But then Violet moves away... With a unique Australian flavour, this story of friendship is both tender and truthful (Publisher website).
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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 sugar foods
- High fat foods
- High salt foods
- Fast food/Takeaway
Food practices n/a Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value - Positive framing of discretionary foods
- Negative framing of everyday foods
Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
- Urban landscape
Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity - Imagining food
Food as language - Food metaphors and similes
- Food place names [Mortadella Boulevarde]
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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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 -
Judged By More than Their Covers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51) -
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. 26)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book -
Twinkle, Twinkle
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 September 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Twinkle 2010 single work picture book ; The Princess and Her Panther 2010 single work picture book ; Magpie 2010 single work picture book ; Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book -
Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book ; The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls 2010 selected work children's fiction
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book -
Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 2010 single work picture book ; The Day Our Teacher Went Mad and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls 2010 selected work children's fiction -
Twinkle, Twinkle
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 September 2010; (p. 30)
— Review of Twinkle 2010 single work picture book ; The Princess and Her Panther 2010 single work picture book ; Magpie 2010 single work picture book ; Two Peas in a Pod 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. 26)
— Review of Two Peas in a Pod 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 -
Judged By More than Their Covers
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)
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