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Two children's fantasy play in a garden. Joint winner of CBCA Picture Book Award 1989. Exquisite illustrations.

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PreSchool-K-- A young girl and a younger boy play at fantasy amidst the "jungles" (garden), "bubbling seas" (lawn sprinkler), and "black volcano" (smoking barbecue) of their Australian backyard. Enemies at first, the girl ("Drac, the Warrior Queen") and the boy ("the Gremlin of the Groaning Grotto") unite to rescue the "White Wizard," repelling both "General Min" (their cat) and the "Terrible Tongued Dragon" (their dog). At this point, their mother interrupts their play to award them the "Twin Crimson Cones of Tirnol Two" (ice cream cones) for their valor--and this, more than anything, illustrates all that is wrong with this book. It is all too clearly an adult rendering of a child's fantasy. The lavish illustrations leave nothing to the imagination, exposing the fantasy at every turn, while the text seems almost voyeuristic in its intrusion into the private world of the child's imagination. Ironically, this betrays the free spirit that it tries, but fails, to celebrate. --Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY
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Realistic, arresting artwork highlights this singular fantasy about two children's inventive playtime. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Published by Penguin Books, Australia (1988)
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Tanner, Jane (illustrator). First Edition. 'A Viking Kestrel', HB, glossy pictorial boards in like DJ, 30pp, col illus. Unclipped Dj has been laminaed in contact PVC by PO, minimising wear. Book has mild rubbing to covers, inside is square, clean & tight with no markings. Two children's fantasy play in a garden. Joint winner of CBCA Picture Book Award 1989. Exquisite illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # jct002623

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