Anemone Is Not The Enemy
Author | Anna McGregor |
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Illustrator | Anna McGregor |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's picture book |
Published | 2020 (Scribble) |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 9781922310118 |
OCLC | 1200259215 |
Anemone Is Not The Enemy is a 2020 children's picture book by Anna McGregor. It is about a lonely anemone who lives in a tide pool and cannot make friends as she keeps stinging everyone, but eventually does so with a clown fish.
Publication history[]
Reception[]
A reviewer for Reading Time called it a "fun and funny picture book",[1] and recommended it "for young readers especially those interested in the natural world.".[1] Kirkus Reviews found that it "Suggests a human lesson from a fish fact made familiar by a popular children’s film."[2]
Anemone Is Not The Enemy has also been reviewed by The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[3] Books+Publishing,[4] and Publishers Weekly.[5]
It is a 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Early Childhood notable book,[6] and a 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards Small publisher Children's Book of the Year longlisted book.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b Anne Varnes (8 April 2021). "Anemone is not the Enemy". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Anemone Is Not The Enemy". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Kate Quealy-Gainer (10 June 2021). "MCGREGOR, ANNA Anemone Is Not the Enemy; written and illus. by Anna Mc-Gregor". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Johns Hopkins University Press. 74 (10): 432. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
McGregor visually includes simple marine life facts into the backdrop of Anemone's dilemma and then expands upon them in the "Fun Facts" backmatter, making this a mini-science lesson wrapped in a sweet friendship story.
- ^ Margaret Hamilton (16 September 2020). "Anemone is Not the Enemy (Anna McGregor, Scribble)". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
This is, at first glance, a very simple, quite quirky and humorous picture book, with minimal text and appealing, colourful, digitally produced illustrations. But it is also a fascinating introduction to life in a rock pool...
- ^ "Anemone Is Not The Enemy". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
A lack of upfront explanation about why Anemone stings may confuse some, and an ominous end for the three fishes strikes an odd note, but this picture book by author-illustrator McGregor will appeal to budding marine biologists.
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "ABIA 2021 longlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
External links[]
- Australian picture books
- 2020 children's books
- Picture book stubs