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annie8782's review against another edition
5.0
In primary school, my teacher read this to the class and I absolutely loved it, so much that I searched for it in op shops everywhere until I could have a copy of my own.
It's just a really cool way of showing not just children, but anyone, the changes through Australian history- good and bad -and the reader can go back and spot the little connections between each decade as well.
Really anyone would find something interesting in this book, but I highly recommend reading this to primary school age children, perhaps grade 2 and up.
It's just a really cool way of showing not just children, but anyone, the changes through Australian history- good and bad -and the reader can go back and spot the little connections between each decade as well.
Really anyone would find something interesting in this book, but I highly recommend reading this to primary school age children, perhaps grade 2 and up.
v_saro's review against another edition
3.0
3⭐️/5. I read this for a university assignment. I think for the age group it is targeted at, this book has some great meaning and can provide a good starting point for tough conversations.
lauralynnwalsh's review against another edition
4.0
This is another picture book that is better poured over than read aloud. The premise is a look backwards in time for a single location - tracing the people who lived in one house over time, and then back beyond that to who lived there, even before the house was built. My favorite part is the map that is found on each page, showing how the location changed over the years. I love maps.
If you are looking for story, you have to construct it by looking carefully at the changes. More straightforwardly, this book speaks to a people who cherish PLACE in their lives.
If you are looking for story, you have to construct it by looking carefully at the changes. More straightforwardly, this book speaks to a people who cherish PLACE in their lives.
lmurray74's review against another edition
5.0
I love the concept of this book. The story starts in present day (1980s) and goes back ten years at a time to tell the story of the people who live in this place (house/land). It is a story of immigration, and of Aboriginal Australians. It isn't a picture book to read in one sitting but it is a book you can use with the upper primary grades to talk about the history of this country through a specific lens.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
4.0
My Place depicts a neighborhood in Australia and its changes over time. Wheatley starts with present day (or, rather, what was present day when the book was first published) and moves back ten years for each two page spread. I, like most Americans, know absolutely nothing about the world outside the U.S. of A. so almost all the historical events depicted in this book were new to me. I enjoyed that. I enjoyed taking a small trip through a small part of Australia with Wheatley and Rawlins. Well done.
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