Title Fox / Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks

Published St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, [2000] St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2000 ©2000

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Fox		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Fox		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Wild Mar/Fox		LIB USE ONLY
W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Fox		UNAVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wil/Fox		AVAILABLE

Description 30 pages unnumbered : chiefly colour illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm regular print Series Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge ; 5-6 Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge ; K-2 Summary Margaret Wild tells the story of Dog and Magpie, who are friends and companions until Fox tempts Magpie away and then abandons her in the desert. It's a stark, uncompromising and deeply moving story, a fable that dramatises human strengths and weaknesses Analysis Australian Picture books Notes Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year, 2001 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Children's Book, 2001 Audience Children Notes "The Children's Book Council of Australia picture book of the year" -- Cover Subject Australian magpie -- Juvenile fiction. Betrayal -- Fiction. Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Children's stories. Dogs -- Juvenile fiction. Dogs -- Juvenile literature. Dogs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Foxes -- Juvenile fiction. Foxes -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Foxes -- Juvenile literature. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile literature. Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction. Loneliness -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction. Magpies -- Juvenile fiction. Magpies -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Magpies -- Juvenile literature. Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 7 - Year 9 Temptation -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Picture books. Fiction. Illustrated works. Author Brooks, Ron, illustrator LC no. 00001448 ISBN 1864484659 (hardback) 1864489332 (paperback) 9781742373195 (10th Anniversary edition) 9781864484656 9781864489330 (paperback)

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