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52 Mondays – Anna Ciddor
Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760523480 Imprint: A & U Children Pub Date: March 2019 RRP $14.99 It would appear that Anna Ciddor and I must be of the same vintage as this fictionalised account of a year of her childhood and the many references to commonplace 60s objects and events resonate so readily.…
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Dolls of War – Shirley Parenteau
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9780763690694 Imprint: Candlewick Release Date: February 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 This is another charming book in the ‘Friendship Dolls’ series. The last one I reviewed examined the narrative from a Japanese girl’s perspective when the American dolls were coming as gifts of friendship to her country. This one takes another…
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Dolls of Hope – Shirley Parenteau
Walker Books March 2018 ISBN: 9780763677527 Imprint: Candlewick Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 A companion book to The Ship of Dolls this continues the little known history of the Friendship Doll project of 1926, this time from the Japanese perspective. Chiyo Tamura has been raised in a very traditional rural Japanese family and has never…
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