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It's the Sound of the Thing

100 new poems for young people

Maxine Beneba Clarke

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Hardie Grant Books
01 June 2023
It’s the Sound of the Thing is an exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia’s most innovative and celebrated poets. 

This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life – the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings in the schoolyard. Poems about candy, peanut butter and pets. Poems about a big brother’s messy room, a grandfather’s fading memory and a grandmother’s garden magic.

Through haiku, sonnets, narrative verse, rhyming couplets, limericks, free verse, tongue-twisters and more, Maxine invites readers to fall in love with the wonder that is poetry.

Shortlisted -- Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024

Shortlisted -- Australian Book Industry Awards 2024

Best Australian Children's Books of 2023 -- The Guardian

Best of 2023 -- Aussie Bookstagang

One of Readings' 100 Bestselling Kids & YA Books of 2023

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Imprint:   Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 128mm, 
ISBN:   9781761212123
ISBN 10:   1761212125
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 9 to 99 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Young adult ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race and the poetry collections Carrying the World and How Decent Folk Behave. Her children's picture books include the CBCA Honour book The Patchwork Bike and the illustrated poem When We Say Black Lives Matter, which was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is currently Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.

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