Cuthbert's Babies Explained

Cuthbert's Babies
Author:Pamela Allen
Illustrator:Pamela Allen
Cover Artist:Pamela Allen
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:Children's book
Published:2003
Publisher:Penguin Books Australia
Media Type:Print (paperback)
Pages:unpaginated (28)
Awards:2004 New Zealand Post Book Award
Isbn:978-0143500858

Cuthbert's Babies is a 2003 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen. Published by Penguin Books Australia, It is about a boy who resents the arrival of baby quadruplets and how he accepts them.

Reception

Cuthbert's Babies has been reviewed by Reading Time[1] and Good Reading magazine that wrote "Although not remarkable, this is another solid book from a favourite Australian author/illustrator."[2] while The New Zealand Herald called it "a hilarious tale".[3]

Miyuki Hisaoka in discussing "social roles within a family structure" noted that "Cuthbert's Babies arrives at an analogous conclusion, with Cuthbert and his mother lying on his bed reading a book together in a reprise of the opening page" and "that readers can align with Cuthbert's feeling of alienation without particularly empathizing with him".[4]

It has also been used in schools,[5] was on the 2004 Storylines Notable Book Awards Picture Books List.[6] and won the 2004 New Zealand Post Book Award in the Picture Book category.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. August 2003 . Cuthbert's Babies (Book). https://web.archive.org/web/20160616154737/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/10717591/cuthberts-babies-book . dead . 2016-06-16 . Reading Time . Children's Book Council of Australia . 47 . 3 . 29 . 20 May 2016.
  2. June 2003 . Cuthbert's Babies . Good Reading Magazine . 15 . 20 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120502125951/http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/book_details.cfm?book=512&page=15 . 2 May 2012 .
  3. News: Vinicombe . Dorothy . 16 March 2004 . Pamela Allen: Cuthbert's Babies . The New Zealand Herald . 20 May 2016.
  4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=SKhnXxwhb4UC&dq=Cuthbert's+babies+by+pamela+allen&pg=PA66 . Subjectivity in Asian Children's Literature and Film: Global Theories and Implications . Chapter 4 Cooperation and Negotiation: Formation of Subjectivity in Japanese and Australian Picture Books . 66–68 . John Stephens . Miyuki Hisaoka . 2012 . Routledge . 9781136228001 . 20 May 2016.
  5. Web site: AIS Junior School Pupil Resource Site: You Don't Say . Here is an example of direct speech being used in Pamela Allen's Book Cuthbert's Babies . www.prsprprs.com . Australian International School (Singapore). 20 May 2016.
  6. Web site: Pamela Allen: Awards . www.storylines.org.nz . Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand . 20 May 2016 . 16 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160616213448/http://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+A-C/Pamela+Allen.html . dead .
  7. Web site: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Picture Book . www.christchurchcitylibraries.com . Christchurch City Libraries . 20 May 2016.

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