| ISBN |
9781460755860 (hardback) |
| Name |
McCartney, Tania, 1968- author, illustrator. |
| Title |
Mamie / by Tania McCartney. |
| Published |
Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Summary |
TO US SHE IS MAY GIBBS, CREATOR OF SNUGGLEPOT & CUDDLEPIE. BUT TO HER FAMILY, SHE WAS KNOWN AS 'MAMIE'. In a land far away, where fairies, pixies and elves live deep in the woods, a baby girl is born. Her parents call her Mamie. Mamie loves to sing and dance and paint with her magical woodland friends. Her days are like a fairy tale. But when Mamie's family move to Australia, she misses green fields drenched with rain. The hot skies and dusty plains of her new home turn Mamie's world upside down. Will she ever find new fairy friends in this strange and beautiful land? From the talented Tania McCartney comes an exquisite book that celebrates the life of renowned children's author and illustrator, May Gibbs. |
| Target audience note |
3+ years. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge K-2. |
| Subjects |
Gibbs, May, -- 1877-1969 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Moving, Household -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Homesickness -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Creative ability in children -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Premier's Reading Challenge K-2 |
| Genre |
Picture books |
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