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Simon French (1) (1957–)

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Simon French was born and raised in Australia. He wrote his first novel while still in high school. He has written several novels and picture books, published in Australia and overseas. His work is praised by critics and has won several awards, including the 1987 Children's Book Council of toon meer Australia Book of the Year Award for All We Know. Change the Locks was an Honour Book in 1992. His most recent novel, Where in the World, won the 2003 NSW Premier¿s Literary Award for Children¿s Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2003 CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, long listed for the 2003 Guardian Children¿s Fiction Prize and nominated to the IBBY Honour List in 2004. In 2015 his title Other Brother was one of four books by Australian authors selected for the United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Simon French

Where in the World (2002) 99 exemplaren
Guess the Baby (2002) 74 exemplaren
Change the Locks (1991) 46 exemplaren
Cannily, Cannily (1981) 36 exemplaren
My Cousin's Keeper (2014) 31 exemplaren
All We Know (1986) 23 exemplaren
Other Brother (2012) 20 exemplaren
Hey phantom singlet (1975) 10 exemplaren
What Will You Be? (1672) 5 exemplaren

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Kieran is not happy. His cousin Bon from the aunt that his mother barely talks to, is suddenly in his life - going to his school, living at his grandmother's house and taking his stuff. To make matters worse, he is not a "fly under the radar" boy but stands out with his weird hair and his matter-of-fact/no filter way of talking. All Keiran wants is to fit in with his cool mates at school, so basically he ignores him, and worse, when Bon is picked on at school, Kieran joins in!
It is only through the intervention of their joint mysterious friend Julia ( who seems to be hiding a lot of secrets) that Kieran begins to see what a lousy ( other brother) i.e. cousin he really is.
Liked how it was directly from Kieran's point of view and how you could understand him feeling put out by all the sudden changes in his life.
Could be for 5-6 students who are mature enough to understand Kieran's thought processes and what the author is trying to achieve with them.
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nicsreads | 4 andere besprekingen | Oct 20, 2019 |
This story teaches children how to engage in group activities and seeing the viewpoint of other people.
 
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anapaulangel | 7 andere besprekingen | Nov 25, 2018 |
This book works pretty well for visualizing, the students can visualize and draw what they think the teacher would look like as a baby. They can also bring their own baby pictures to school for guessing the baby. I would use this activity in a 1st grade classroom.
 
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NaomiGG | 7 andere besprekingen | Aug 22, 2017 |
After a baby brother visits class, they play guess the baby using their own baby pictures. It all comes down to one...the teacher. Students make the connection that grown ups were babies once also.
 
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