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The elephant / Peter Carnavas.
Publisher number: A823.4Publication details: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2017.Description: 169 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780702259616
- Children's Book Council of Australia
- Children's Book of the Year Awards -- Shortlisted -- 2018
- Picture books for children
- Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction
- Loss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grief -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Emotions -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Mothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Emotions -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
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- PZ7.C37 El 2017
- Children's Book Council of Australia Shortlist, 2018.
- Book of the Year: Younger Readers (CBCA) - 2018 - Shortlisted.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Junior collection | CAR | On reserve | 073086 | 1 |
Total reserves: 1
2018 Children's Book Council Shortlist ; 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlisted.
Olive's father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as an enormous elephant following him around. Every day Olive sees the elephant, and every day she wishes it would go. With the help of Granddad and her best friend, Arthur, Olive sets out to chase the elephant away. But how can Olive move something so big?
For primary school age.
Children's Book Council of Australia Shortlist, 2018.
Book of the Year: Younger Readers (CBCA) - 2018 - Shortlisted.
