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One Careless Night
has been shortlisted in the
Prime Minister's Literary Awards,
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The Environment Award for Children's Literature
in the picture fiction category, and
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one careless night

Publisher: WALKER BOOKS
Date of publication: June, 2019
Country of publication: AUSTRALIA
ISBN: 9781925381856
Theme/topic: nature, endangered animals, extinction, thylacines, Tasmanian tigers, animals, history, biodiversity, Tasmania, Australia, zoos, environment
Age group: Primary +
'Where the mist swallows mountains and winds whisper through ancient trees, myths and legends are born. There are forests here where no one has trod and creatures run free in endless rain and deep, dark bush.'

One Careless Night follows the journey of a mother thylacine and her pup through the Tasmanian bush. Their lives are safe as they have been forever until the arrival of a new hunter that catches them for a bounty. Sold to the zoo, the mother 'fades like mist in the sun', leaving her daughter alone.

The story of extinction and the devastation of our environment and its consequences.

Told in a poetic style with minimal language to support the illustrations, this story  tells the story of the last of the thylacines, the 'tygers'. At a deeper level, it tells the story of all thylacines and animals that have been decimated  by    humans and    how   extinction is forever.

Is  there  hope?  That   is  up   to  the   reader    to  decide.


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