257 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Target Audience Note:
For young adults
Notes:
This book contains features that make reading print books easier for people with dyslexia. These features may include any or all of the following: dyslexia-friendly font, hi-lo content, justified text, off-white paper, and heavier weight paper A collection of personal stories featuring: Randa Abdel-Fattah, Bernard Beckett, Cathy Cassidy, Felicity Castagna, Queenie Chan, Kate Constable, Rachael Craw, Alison Croggon, Cath Crowley, Ted Dawe, Ursula Dubosarsky, Simon French, Mandy Hager, Simmone Howell, Catherine Johnson, Will Kostakis, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Benjamin Law, Julia Lawrinson, Sue Lawson, Brigid Lowry, Emily Maguire, Catherine Mayo, Sue McPherson, Jaclyn Moriarty, Mal Peet, James Roy, Shaun Tan, Jared Thomas, Fiona Wood and Markus Zusak Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Forword / Judith Ridge A Feverish Desire to Possess / Rand Abdel-Fattah Twelve Reasons / Markus Zusak A Short Leap / Cathy Cassidy "What Happens Next?" / Will Kostakis The Great Sense of Unease / Mandy Hager Hooked (and a Bit Unsettled) / Shaun Tan Thwack! / Fiona Wood Becoming Human / Bernard Beckett Looking Where I'm Standing / Felicity Castagna This World is More Than What Can Be Seen / Ambelin Kwaymullina What the Doctor Recommended / Queenie Chan Of Magic and Memory / Kate Constable The Big Scooby-Doo Reveal / Rachael Craw Sweet Dreams and Social Fails / Simmone Howell Every Disgusting Detail / Benjamin Law Challenging the Machinations of Racism / Jared Thomas Invested with Enchantment / Alison Croggon It Looks Like a Comic / Mal Peet My First Reader / Ursula Dubosarsky In Folded Arms / Cath Crowley What Would Edith Do? / Emily Maguire Putting the World to Rights / Catherine Mayo Beyond the Influence / Ted Dawe Only White People Lived in Books / Catherine Johnson Set My Senses Alight / Sue Lawson Happy Endings / Brigid Lowry You'll Go Blind: A Cautionary Tale about the Power of Reading / Julia Lawrinson Ingenious Decisions / Sue McPherson James Remembering / James Roy Seeing Red / Jaclyn Moriarty About the Authors About the Indigenous Literacy Foundation Books Mentioned in the Collection Writers Mentioned in the Collection Acknowledgements
