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Star of Anise / Jane Jolly & Di Wu.

By: Jolly, Jane, 1957- [author.]Contributor(s): Wu, Di [illustrator.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Canberra, A.C.T. : NLA Publishing, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780642279538 (hardback)Subject(s): Immigrants -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Manners and customs -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- History -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Children's stories. | Australian fiction. | Picture books. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track ... Annie and Arthur have been eagerly awaiting Bhagwan Singh's next visit. What wondrous things will he have in his cart this time, among the silk and soap, spices and shirts? As the hawker makes his camp for the night, the children savour spun sugar and food from the Punjab, discovering the secret star anise. A gentle story about embracing different traditions, based on the stories of Sikh hawkers in Australia in the late 1800s.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor - Kindergarten picture books	Northam Northam Junior Kindergarten	Australian Stories	JK JOL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111083896132

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The hawker's wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track ... Annie and Arthur have been eagerly awaiting Bhagwan Singh's next visit. What wondrous things will he have in his cart this time, among the silk and soap, spices and shirts? As the hawker makes his camp for the night, the children savour spun sugar and food from the Punjab, discovering the secret star anise. A gentle story about embracing different traditions, based on the stories of Sikh hawkers in Australia in the late 1800s.

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