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Tracking the environment in Australian children’s literature: the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Awards 1955-2014

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Pages 716-730 | Received 05 Jan 2016, Accepted 26 Apr 2017, Published online: 11 May 2017

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