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Janeen Brian

Money Smart Kids by Dianne Bates & Hoosh! Camels in Australia by Janeen Brian

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May 2005, no. 271

These days, children’s non-fiction is not as stuffy as it once was. Instead of the encyclopaedic and often boring lists of facts that used to constitute the genre, authors are now encouraged to use fictional techniques in style and voice to produce a collage of ideas; and designers are required to present them as interactively as possible. These three very different books share some of these characteristics.

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