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标题：Crew, Gary (text) Susy Boyer (illus.): Finding Home.
作者：George, Howard
期刊名称：Reading Time
印刷版ISSN：0155-218X
出版年度：2009
期号：November
语种：English
出版社：Children's Book Council of Australia
摘要：Once again Gary Crew has written about man's destructive acts in the pursuit of the 'good' life. The harsh portrayal of the parents, who are striving as new settlers to build and expand their farm makes them very unlovable characters whereas their son is the opposite. His love of books and the tree with the cockatoos is movingly shown and the ultimate end to the story is inevitable. The soft illustrations complement the story except the position of the tree, with its apparent proximity to the house, is at odds with the denial by the parents, especially the mother, of the presence of the cockatoos (very noisy birds!). Both text and pictures seem to contradict themselves and leave unanswered questions despite the book's obvious message.
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Crew, Gary (text) Susy Boyer (illus.): Finding Home.

George, Howard

** CREW, Gary (text) Susy Boyer (illus.) Finding Home Ford St, 2009 unpaged $26.95 ISBN 9781876462871 SCIS 1420291

Once again Gary Crew has written about man's destructive acts in the pursuit of the 'good' life. The harsh portrayal of the parents, who are striving as new settlers to build and expand their farm makes them very unlovable characters whereas their son is the opposite. His love of books and the tree with the cockatoos is movingly shown and the ultimate end to the story is inevitable. The soft illustrations complement the story except the position of the tree, with its apparent proximity to the house, is at odds with the denial by the parents, especially the mother, of the presence of the cockatoos (very noisy birds!). Both text and pictures seem to contradict themselves and leave unanswered questions despite the book's obvious message.

** Book by an Australian author or illustrator