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The Great Big Scary Dog
Jen decides to deal with her fear of a big dog by scaring him back, but her attempt has an unexpected result
- GenresPicture Books
1 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
About the author
Libby Gleeson
65 books40 followers"I was born in Young, a small town in south western NSW in 1950. After a few years we moved to Glen Innes, on the northern tablelands and then when I was ten we moved out west to Dubbo. We moved because my father was a schoolteacher and each change meant a promotion for him.
There were six children in the family. I was number three and there wasn't a lot of money. We didn't have television and of course there was no such thing as a computer.
Books and reading were hugely important. I remember going to the library on a Saturday morning and borrowing five or six books and reading them all by Sunday night.
When I finished High School I studied at the University of Sydney. I had a great time studying mainly history but also getting involved in lots of things happening at the University and the city. It was the time of the anti-Vietnam war protests and the rise of the Women's Movement.
I taught for two years in a small town, Picton, which is just outside of Sydney. I really enjoyed that time but I wanted to travel and in 1976 I headed off for five years. I based myself first in Italy where I taught English and then in London where I started writing my first novel, Eleanor, Elizabeth. I attended a creative writing group where the other students pushed me to write a better book. In London I also met my husband. We came back to Sydney in 1980. We've got three daughters.
When we first came back I taught at the University of NSW but now I write full-time. I've written thirty books and I've also taught occasional courses in creative writing and I've visited lots of schools to talk about my work.
I write picture books, novels for young kids and also novels for slightly older readers. I've done a book about writing and also a small amount of writing for television: Bananas in Pyjamas and Magic Mountain.
The writer's life is pretty good. It's a job where you work for yourself, in your daggy track suit, at times that suit you. What more could you ask for?"
from: http://www.libbygleeson.com.au/biogra...
There were six children in the family. I was number three and there wasn't a lot of money. We didn't have television and of course there was no such thing as a computer.
Books and reading were hugely important. I remember going to the library on a Saturday morning and borrowing five or six books and reading them all by Sunday night.
When I finished High School I studied at the University of Sydney. I had a great time studying mainly history but also getting involved in lots of things happening at the University and the city. It was the time of the anti-Vietnam war protests and the rise of the Women's Movement.
I taught for two years in a small town, Picton, which is just outside of Sydney. I really enjoyed that time but I wanted to travel and in 1976 I headed off for five years. I based myself first in Italy where I taught English and then in London where I started writing my first novel, Eleanor, Elizabeth. I attended a creative writing group where the other students pushed me to write a better book. In London I also met my husband. We came back to Sydney in 1980. We've got three daughters.
When we first came back I taught at the University of NSW but now I write full-time. I've written thirty books and I've also taught occasional courses in creative writing and I've visited lots of schools to talk about my work.
I write picture books, novels for young kids and also novels for slightly older readers. I've done a book about writing and also a small amount of writing for television: Bananas in Pyjamas and Magic Mountain.
The writer's life is pretty good. It's a job where you work for yourself, in your daggy track suit, at times that suit you. What more could you ask for?"
from: http://www.libbygleeson.com.au/biogra...
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December 9, 2011
This book won the (now defunct I think) Australian Multicultural Children's Book Award in 1992. I'd never heard of this award before, seems it might have been given out at the behest of our Prime Minister, I can't find any current references to it though. Big Dog is a simple story about two kids, their friend (who is Chinese, and so it becomes Multicultural) and the Big Dog who lives down the road. The kids are all scared to walk past the Big Dog until one day...
August 1, 2010
This is the BEST BOOK EVER! It was my absolute favourite when I was little. I can't believe that no one else has bothered to add it- oh well! I can just have it all to myself.
December 2, 2025
Helps kids to realize that even though some dogs are big, they are still lovable!
February 6, 2017
So a little girl is scared of a dog who is kept in its yard and their solution is to dress up in a costume and frighten the dog in return? Poor dog
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October 4, 2016
A little girl fears a neighborhood dogs, so her friends construct a Chinese dragon to help her overcome her fears by being scarier than the dog. Meh.
Illustrations are mediocre.
Illustrations are mediocre.
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