Australian Diversity

Dr. Elinor Ross
Professor of Reading
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee
eross@tntech.edu

Pam Petty
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Literacy
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
pam@pampetty.com

Presented at the Tennessee Technological University Literature Conference
March 24, 2001

Whoever You Are
by Mem Fox, Leslie Staub
(Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding -
32 pages (October 1997)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152007873

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

Tusk Tusk
by David McKee
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 28 pages Reissue edition (April 1990)
Kane/Miller Book Pub; ISBN: 0916291286

Feathers and Fools
by Mem Fox, Nicholas Wilton (Illustrator), Nicholas Wilson (Illustrator),Deborah
Halverson (Editor)
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 36 pages Reprint edition
(April 3, 2000)
Voyager Picture Book; ISBN: 0152023658

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

Colors of Australia (Colors of the World)
by Lynn Ainsworth Olawsky, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 24 pages (September 1997)
Carolrhoda Books; ISBN: 157505213X

The Best Beak in Boonaroo
Bay
by Narelle Oliver
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages
(September 1995)
Fulcrum Pub; ISBN: 1555912273

Author Information: http://www.fulcrum-resources.com/html/oliver.html
http://www.home.gil.com.au/~jstubbs/festival99/narelle.htm

Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 40 pages Reprint edition (November 1997)
Dragonfly; ISBN: 0679885498

Author Information:
http://www.staceyschuett.com/

As I Grew Older by Ian Abdulla. Omnibus Books, Norwood, South Australia, 1993. ISBN: 1 86291 1600 6 Author Information: http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=745 (Ian Abdulla)	Dabu the Baby Dugong by Selena Soloman Category: Children's Books Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback (September 2000) Australian - Aboriginal &; ISBN: 1875641041 Author Information: http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=822 (Selena Soloman)
Pheasant and Kingfisher by Catherine Berndt and Raymond Meeks. White Kite Publications, Gosford, NSW, Australia, 1987. ISBN: 0-7253 0984 9	The Magic Firesticks. Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey. Dai Nippon Co., Brisbane, 1986. ISBN: 0 00 662038 8
The Echidna and the Shade Tree by Pamela Lofts Mad Hatter Books, San Diego, 1984, ISBN: 0915391058 Information on Echidnas	Turramulli the Giant Quinkin (Stories of the Dreamtime-Tales of the Aboriginal People) by Percy Trezise, Dick Roughsey Category: Children's Books ISBN: 1555329470 Author information: http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=364 (Dick Roughsey)
The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan. Lothian Books, National Library of Australia, 1998. ISBN: 0-85091878-2 Author Information: http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=404 (John Marsden)	Songs of the Dreamtime. National Library of Australia: Fidado Pty. Ltd., 1988. ISBN: 1 875634 06 1

Tough Boris
by Mem Fox, Kathryn Brown (Illustrator)

Category: Children's BooksReading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (September 1998)
Voyager Picture Book; ISBN: 0152018913

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

Edward the Emu
by Sheena Knowles, Rod Clement (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (May 1998)
HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064434990

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Two Weeks With the Queen by Morris Gleitzman. McPherson's Printing Group, Sydney, 1995.
ISBN: 0399222499

Author Information: http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=825 (Morris Gleitzman)

Edwina the Emu
by Sheena Knowles, Rod Clement (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (May 1997)
HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064434834

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My Grandma Lived in
Gooligulch
by Graeme Base
Category:
Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 21 pages
(October 1990)
Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810915472
Author Information:
http://dargo.vicnet.net.au/ozlit/writers.cfm?id=1077
Graeme Base

Night Noises
by Mem Fox, Terry Denton (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback
Reprint edition (September 1992)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152574212

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

Shoes from Grandpa
by Mem Fox, Patricia Mullins (Illustrator)

Category: Children's Books

Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Paperback (August 1992)
Orchard Books; ISBN: 053107031X

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
by Mem Fox, Julie Vivas (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Books
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 30 pages Reprint edition
(September 1989)
Kane/Miller Book Pub;
ISBN: 091629126X

Author Information: http://www.memfox.net/ (Mem Fox)

The Old Woman Who Loved to Read
by John Winch
Category:
Children's Books
Reading level:
Ages 4-8
Paperback Reprint edition (March 1998)
Holiday House; ISBN: 0823413489

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