Title A house of her own / Jenny Hughes ; illustrator, Jonathan Bentley

Published Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Egmont, 2014 Richmond, Victoria : Little Hare Books, 2014 ©2014

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MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hug/Hoh		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hug/Hoh		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hug/Hoh		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	PICTURE BOOK Hug/Hoh		AVAILABLE

Description 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm regular print Series Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2015 Summary Audrey is bigger than she was yesterday. Now she needs a bigger house. So she tells her dad to build her one. At the top of a tree. It is an ideal house. It has a bathtub for snorkeling, a place to drink tea, and somewhere to hide the dirty cups. The house is perfect in every way. Except for one thing.This is a gently humorous story that explores the clash between a quest for independence and the longing for security. Emerging author Jenny Hughes is once again paired with internationally acclaimed illustrator Jonathan Bentley to create a picture book of outstanding warmth, sensitivity and insight Analysis Australian Australian fiction Picture books Notes Children's Book Council of Australia. Shortlisted 2015 -- Book of the Year: Early Childhood Audience For children Notes Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award 2015 (Early Childhood) Subject Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Children's stories. Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction. Separation anxiety in children -- Juvenile fiction. Tree houses -- Juvenile fiction. Tree houses -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Tree houses -- Picture books Genre/Form Picture books. Fiction. Illustrated works. Author Bentley, Jonathan, illustrator ISBN 1742974627 9781742974620

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