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Ursula Dubosarsky

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  • ONE LITTLE GOAT
  • ABYSSINIA
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    • Hi res headshots
    • General photos
  • GUINEA PIG DETECTIVES
    • Coco and Alberta
    • Guinea pig activity sheets
    • Alberta In Buenos Aires - photos!
    • Online recordings "The Looming Lamplight"
    • Beware of the Guinea Pig: poem
    • Ursula's books with guinea pigs
    • Famous Guinea Pigs of History
    • Guinea pig in other languages
  • THE TERRIBLE PLOP
  • TOO MANY ELEPHANTS!
  • TIM AND ED
  • THE CAROUSEL
  • REINDEER'S CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
  • Reviews
    • The Red Shoe -
    • The Golden Day -
    • Other Novels
    • Picture Books
    • The Word Spy
    • Cryptic Casebook
    • The Blue Cat
  • Theatrical productions
    • Plop! In New York and Australia
    • Too Many Elephants In This House
    • The Red Shoe
    • The Golden Day
    • Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • PLAYS - OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
  • TWO TALES OF TWINS FROM GREECE AND ANCIENT ROME
  • TIBBY'S LEAF
  • VIOLET VANISHES
  • Interview transcript ABC Classic FM
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photo: Vicki Skarratt

photo: Vicki Skarratt

The Golden Day

Luchs (Lynx ) Award for Children's Literature July 2012 (Germany)

IBBY International Board on Books for Young People Honour Book List (2013)

 Publishers' Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2013 

Booklist Editor's Choice Books for Youth 2013 

Wall Street Journal's Top Ten Children's Books of 2013.

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year  2012, Shortlisted 

Adelaide Festival Award for Literature  2012, Shortlisted 

New South Wales Premier's Literary Award  2012, Shortlisted 

Queensland Premier's Literary Award   2011, Shortlisted 

Davitt Award for crime fiction  2012, Highly Commended