The Resource The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King
The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King
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The item The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing! This is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781743312612
- Label
- The duck and the darklings
- Title
- The duck and the darklings
- Statement of responsibility
- Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King
- Subject
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- trueAustralian fiction
- Ducks -- Juvenile fiction
- Ducks -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueFriendship
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueGrandfathers
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueHope
- Hope -- Juvenile fiction
- Hope -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- truePicture books for children
- Children's stories, Australian
- trueDucks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing! This is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn
- Summary
- Peterboy, who lives with his grandfather in the underground land of Dark, wants to bring light to the old man's eyes, so when he finds an injured duck while scavenging in the ruins above, he brings it back and they nurse it back to health
- Award
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- Children's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Book
- Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Children's Books, 2016.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10321860
- Cataloging source
- NOV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Millard, Glenda
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 0
- 0
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- King, Stephen Michael
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ducks
- Friendship
- Ducks
- Grandfathers
- Hope
- Friendship
- Grandfathers
- Children's stories, Australian
- Hope
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- still image
- Control code
- 000052536805
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781743312612
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations
- Label
- The duck and the darklings, Glenda Millard ; [illustrated by] Stephen Michael King
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- still image
- Control code
- 000052536805
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781743312612
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations
Subject
- trueAustralian fiction
- Ducks -- Juvenile fiction
- Ducks -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueFriendship
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueGrandfathers
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- trueHope
- Hope -- Juvenile fiction
- Hope -- Pictorial works | Juvenile fiction
- truePicture books for children
- Children's stories, Australian
- trueDucks
Genre
Included in
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Children's Books
- trueChildren's Book Council of Australia: Notable Australian Children's Books: Picture Books
Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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