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Magic Beach by Alison Lester named Australia’s best children’s picture book

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Magic Beach by Alison Lester named Australia’s best children’s picture book
Lester’s 1990 classic about the wonders of nature wins Guardian Australia poll ahead of Possum Magic in second place
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Lester’s 1990 classic about the wonders of nature wins Guardian Australia poll ahead of Possum Magic in second place

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Magic Beach by Alison Lester has won Guardian Australia’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time.

More than 100,000 votes were cast after polling opened on 27 January. Aside from the first day, when Possum Magic by Mem Fox and illustrator Julie Vivas took an early lead, Magic Beach was the most voted for book every other day of the count.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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