| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Essays by popular children's authors reveal the books that shaped their personal and literary lives, explaining how the stories they loved influenced them creatively, politically, and intellectually. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Shaun Tan asks, why do you read? / Shaun Tan -- A feverish desire to possess / Randa Abdel-Fattah -- Twelve reasons / Markus Zusak -- A short leap / Cathy Cassidy -- "What happens next?" / Will Kostakis -- The great sense of unease / Mandy Hager -- Hooked (and a bit unsettled) / Shaun Tan -- Thwack! / Fiona Wood -- Becoming human / Bernard Beckett -- Looking where I'm standing / Felicity Castagna -- This world is more than what can be seen / Ambelin Kwaymullina -- What the doctor recommended / Queenie Chan -- Of magic and memory / Kate Constable -- The big Scooby-Doo reveal / Rachael Craw -- Sweet dreams and social fails / Simmone Howell -- Every disgusting detail / Benjamin Law -- Challenging the machinations of racism / Jared Thomas -- Invested with enchantment / Alison Croggon -- It looks like a comic / Mal Peet -- My first reader / Ursula Dubosarsky -- In folded arms / Cath Crowley -- What would Edith do? / Emily Maguire -- Putting the world to rights / Catherine Mayo -- Beyond the influence / Ted Dawe -- A sense of resolution / Simon French -- Only white people lived in books / Catherine Johnson -- Set my senses alight / Sue Lawson -- Happy endings / Brigid Lowry -- You'll go blind: a cautionary tale about the power of reading / Julia Lawrinson -- Ingenious decisions / Sue McPherson -- James remembering / James Roy -- Seeing red / Jaclyn Moriarty. |
| Subject |
Authors -- Books and reading -- Juvenile literature.
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Books and reading -- Juvenile literature.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Authors -- Books and reading.
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Books and reading.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Added Author |
Ridge, Judith, editor.
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Abdel-Fattah, Randa.
Feverish desire to possess.
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Zusak, Markus.
Twelve reasons.
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Cassidy, Cathy, 1962-
Short leap.
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Kostakis, Will.
What happens next?
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Hager, Mandy.
Great sense of unease.
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Tan, Shaun.
Hooked (and a bit unsettled)
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Wood, Fiona (Fiona Anna).
Thwack!
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Beckett, Bernard, 1967-
Becoming human.
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Castagna, Felicity.
Looking where I'm standing.
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Kwaymullina, Ambelin, 1975-
This world is more than what can be seen.
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| ISBN |
9780763695491 |
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0763695491 |
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9780763696719 (pbk.) |
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0763696714 (pbk.) |
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