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All the Dear Little Animals

Author:  Ulf Nilsson
Illustrator:  Eva Eriksson
$16.99  Paperback
$24.99  Hardback
This is perhaps the best book I have seen ... in years. I just love it!
Kate De Goldi, National Radio
Synopsis
Esther was very brave. I was little and scared. One summer's day we started a business called Funerals Ltd, to help all the poor dead animals in the world. Esther did the digging, I wrote the poems, and Esther's little brother, Puttie, cried.
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Ursula Dubosarsky, Blast Off-The School Magazine, Australia, April 2008
This is a funny book about something sad. A funeral is the specia...
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Johanna Knox on Tim Jones' Blog
All the dear little animals ... has a straightforward above-surfa...
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Sunday Tasmanian, October 2007
Death is a notoriously tricky subject for adults to tackle with c...
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 Translator Julia Marshall
 Country of origin  Sweden
 Age 6+
 Size 32pp, 28.5 x 21cm
 ISBN
0 9582598-8-7 Paperback
0 9582598-9-5 Hardback
 
Published by Gecko Press in August 2006
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Awards
Eva Eriksson has won the  Swedish Astrid Lindgren prize and the August award.

Ulf Nilsson has won the Swedish August award and the American Batchelder award.

Eva Eriksson was nominated for the Hans Christian Anderson award in 2007.
 
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