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Next Generation

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April 2005, no. 270

H2O: Stories of Water edited by Margaret Hamilton

ABC Books, $18.95pb, 170pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

And the Roo Jumped Over the Moon: Australian Stories and Poems for Children edited by Robin Morrow, illustrated by Stephen Michael King

Scholastic, $14.95pb, 96pp

Poems By Young Australians Vol. 2

Random House, $12.95pb, 96pp

Next Generation

by
April 2005, no. 270

Putting together a collection or anthology is not as easy as it looks. There are decisions to be made about theme, order and intent, which are often based on the intended audience. Three recent anthologies for children show that, in children’s literature at least, originality and diversity are achievable.

Poems by Young Australians Vol.2 could be read by anyone who enjoys poetry. Here we have the work of thirty-eight young poets who won prizes and commendations in the second Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize. The Foundation is chaired by Bradley Trevor Greive, with support from Ron Pretty and the Poetry Australia Foundation.

H2O: Stories of Water

H2O: Stories of Water

edited by Margaret Hamilton

ABC Books, $18.95pb, 170pp

And the Roo Jumped Over the Moon: Australian Stories and Poems for Children

And the Roo Jumped Over the Moon: Australian Stories and Poems for Children

edited by Robin Morrow, illustrated by Stephen Michael King

Scholastic, $14.95pb, 96pp

Poems By Young Australians Vol. 2

Poems By Young Australians Vol. 2

Random House, $12.95pb, 96pp

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