Title The treasure box / Margaret Wild & Freya Blackwood

Published Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin Books, 2013 Melbourne : Penguin Viking, 2013 ©2013

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Tbo		AVAILABLE

Description 29 unnumbered pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 28 cm regular print Summary When war destroys their town, including the library, Peter and his father must flee their home, taking with them a treasure box that holds something more precious than jewels. "A haunting and beautiful tale about the power of words, the importance of stories and the resilience of the human spirit." -- Cover Analysis Australian Notes "The Children's Book Council of Australia - Short-Listed Book"--Sticker on Cover Audience For pre-school age Notes Nominated for the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 2014 Subject Australian fiction. Book burning -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Book burning -- Juvenile fiction. Books and reading -- Juvenile fiction. Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (shortlisted) Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Books and reading -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Books -- Juvenile fiction. Refugees -- Juvenile fiction. Refugees -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction. Treasure troves -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Picture books. Fiction. Illustrated works. Author Blackwood, Freya, illustrator ISBN 9780670073658

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