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Tell them a story

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May 1995, no. 170

Looking Out for Ollie by Sharon Montey

UQP, $9.95 pb

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Ghost Train by Michael Stephens

Allen & Unwin, $9.95 pb

Tell them a story

by
May 1995, no. 170

If you want to say something about life to other people, you should tell them a story.

– Manning Clark

 

Writers for children have always known this: from the Puritans who thinly disguised their religious teachings under stories of children who lived a pure life and went to heaven, and those who didn’t and went to hell; to modem writers who tell stories to help children cope with difficult aspects of modem life.

Margot Hillel reviews 'Joey' by Barry Dickins, 'Looking Out for Ollie' by Sharon Montey, and 'Ghost Train' by Michael Stephens

Looking Out for Ollie

by Sharon Montey

UQP, $9.95 pb

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Ghost Train

by Michael Stephens

Allen & Unwin, $9.95 pb

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