Picture books
- Component identifier:
- Series 5
- Content Summary:
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Big dog was awarded the Prime Minister's Multicultural Award, Picture Book, 1992. Where's mum? was highly commended, Children's Picture Book of the Year, 1993, and in the same year Mum goes to work was short-listed for the Multicultural Awards. The princess and the perfect dish, although not winning an award, was highly acclaimed for its approach to concepts of body image and eating.
The series consists of drafts, notes, correspondence, drawings, proofs, reviews, publicity and photographs related to the writing, illustrating and publication of Gleeson's picture books for young children. Correspondents include Margaret Wild (Angus Robertson), Jane Converton, Penny Matthews (Omnibus Books), Donna Rawlins (Ashton Scholastic) and illustrators, Craig Smith and Armin Greder.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The initial instalment of papers was purchased by the Library from Libby Gleeson in 1998. Further papers were purchased in 2014.
- Subjects:
- Youth
Literature
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1927367).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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