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'From two of our most talented picture-book creators comes this celebration of things that can't be destroyed by bombs or fire. A haunting and beautiful tale of the power of words, the importance of stories and the resilience of the human spirit.

'When the enemy bombed the library, everything burned.

'As war rages, Peter and his father flee their home, taking with them a treasure box that holds something more precious than jewels. They journey through mud and rain and long cold nights, and soon their survival becomes more important than any possessions they carry.

'But as the years go by, Peter never forgets the treasure box, and one day he returns to find it...' (From the publisher's website.)

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Unit Suitable For

AC: Year 2/3 (NSW Stage 1/2)

General Capabilities

Ethical understanding, Intercultural understanding, Literacy, Personal and social

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2013 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Penguin Books.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: chiefly col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 30 January 2013.
      ISBN: 9780670073658 (hbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2016 .
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2016.
      ISBN: 9780143506904

Works about this Work

The Politics of Picture Books : Stories of Displaced Children in Twenty-first-century Australia Mary Tomsic , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 339-356)

'This article uses cultural representations to write refugee history. It examines twenty-first-century picture books about displaced children, alongside published responses to them, to explore how refugee experiences and histories are constructed, both for and about children, in an Australian context. The visual literary form of picture books as political texts is examined as a space for discussion and dialogue. Published responses to them, however, more commonly reveal rigid interpretations of imagined readers, invoking binary divisions between displaced and non-displaced children. Through these sources, questions of humanisation and (de)politicisations in refugee history are considered.'  (Publication abstract)

Review : The Treasure Box Merle Morcom , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2014; (p. 70)

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
Stories to Treasure Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2013; (p. 26)
'Rarer Than Rubies' Margaret Robson Kett , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 350 2013;

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book ; Tell Me About Your Day Today Mem Fox , 2012 single work picture book ; Dinosaurs Love Cheese Jackie French , 2013 single work picture book ; Dog on Log Tania Ingram , 2013 single work picture book ; Daisy & the Puppy Lisa Shanahan , 2013 single work picture book ; Remembering Lionsville Bronwyn Bancroft , 2013 single work picture book ; Bea Christine Sharp , 2013 single work picture book ; Max & George Cori Brooke , 2013 single work picture book
Untitled Nola Allen , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 40)

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
Untitled Nola Allen , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 28 no. 1 2013; (p. 40)

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
'Rarer Than Rubies' Margaret Robson Kett , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 350 2013;

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book ; Tell Me About Your Day Today Mem Fox , 2012 single work picture book ; Dinosaurs Love Cheese Jackie French , 2013 single work picture book ; Dog on Log Tania Ingram , 2013 single work picture book ; Daisy & the Puppy Lisa Shanahan , 2013 single work picture book ; Remembering Lionsville Bronwyn Bancroft , 2013 single work picture book ; Bea Christine Sharp , 2013 single work picture book ; Max & George Cori Brooke , 2013 single work picture book
Book Review: The Treasure Box by Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood Sarah Ireland , 2013 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The NSW Writers' Centre Blog

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
[Review] Let's Go to Sleep Sharon Seymour , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 57 no. 2 2013; (p. 23)

— Review of Let's Go to Sleep Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book ; The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
Review : The Treasure Box Merle Morcom , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2014; (p. 70)

— Review of The Treasure Box Margaret Wild , 2013 single work picture book
Stories to Treasure Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 May 2013; (p. 26)
The Politics of Picture Books : Stories of Displaced Children in Twenty-first-century Australia Mary Tomsic , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 15 no. 2 2018; (p. 339-356)

'This article uses cultural representations to write refugee history. It examines twenty-first-century picture books about displaced children, alongside published responses to them, to explore how refugee experiences and histories are constructed, both for and about children, in an Australian context. The visual literary form of picture books as political texts is examined as a space for discussion and dialogue. Published responses to them, however, more commonly reveal rigid interpretations of imagined readers, invoking binary divisions between displaced and non-displaced children. Through these sources, questions of humanisation and (de)politicisations in refugee history are considered.'  (Publication abstract)

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