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The World According to Warren
Warren is a guide dog with an inflated ego who has always known that he was born with a good heart and destined for great things. A working dog with big responsibilities, his particular views of the world are presented in text together with outstanding illustrations.
36 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2007
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Craig Silvey
12 books1,356 followersCraig Silvey is an author and screenwriter from Fremantle, Western Australia.
His critically acclaimed debut novel, Rhubarb, was published in 2004. His bestselling second novel, Jasper Jones, was released in 2009 and is considered a modern Australian classic. Published in over a dozen territories, Jasper Jones has won plaudits in three continents, including an International Dublin Literary Award shortlisting, a Michael J. Printz Award Honor, and a Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisting. Jasper Jones was the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for 2010.
His third novel, Honeybee, published in 2020, was an award-winning bestseller. Honeybee was the 2020 Dymocks Book Of The Year, won the Indie Book Award for Best Fiction, and was shortlisted for both the Literary Fiction Book of the Year at the 2021 ABIA Awards and the Adult Fiction Book of the Year at the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Awards. In 2022 and 2023, Honeybee was voted Number 1 in the Better Reading Top 100.
Released in 2022, Runt was his first novel for Younger Readers. Dubbed an 'instant classic', Runt won a raft of awards, including the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Younger Children, the Indie Book Awards Book of the Year, Children's Book of the Year at the BookPeople Book of the Year Awards and the 2022 Dymocks Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
Its sequel, 'Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping', will be released September 30th, 2025.
His critically acclaimed debut novel, Rhubarb, was published in 2004. His bestselling second novel, Jasper Jones, was released in 2009 and is considered a modern Australian classic. Published in over a dozen territories, Jasper Jones has won plaudits in three continents, including an International Dublin Literary Award shortlisting, a Michael J. Printz Award Honor, and a Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisting. Jasper Jones was the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for 2010.
His third novel, Honeybee, published in 2020, was an award-winning bestseller. Honeybee was the 2020 Dymocks Book Of The Year, won the Indie Book Award for Best Fiction, and was shortlisted for both the Literary Fiction Book of the Year at the 2021 ABIA Awards and the Adult Fiction Book of the Year at the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Awards. In 2022 and 2023, Honeybee was voted Number 1 in the Better Reading Top 100.
Released in 2022, Runt was his first novel for Younger Readers. Dubbed an 'instant classic', Runt won a raft of awards, including the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for Younger Children, the Indie Book Awards Book of the Year, Children's Book of the Year at the BookPeople Book of the Year Awards and the 2022 Dymocks Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
Its sequel, 'Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping', will be released September 30th, 2025.
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March 10, 2011
This is a gorgous book. Really cute. Warren is a little pup, always getting into trouble, when he meets Eleanor. He becomes very protective of her and learns to ignore distractions. We should all listen to Warren, because although he is only a dog, he has a simple view of how our lives could be improved. And he is right. The world would be a better place.
November 29, 2018
Craig Silvey the author of Jasper Jones has a picture book here about Warren the dog. Warren featured in the novel Rhubarb, so this is a look through Warren's eyes this time. A Nicely told and illustrated book. Silver continues to impress, I am waiting for another novel from him!
In the meantime this will satisfy a little bit. A very good little read.
In the meantime this will satisfy a little bit. A very good little read.
May 10, 2011
The World According to Warren is a children’s book by Craig Silvey, but it is a book that adults will also enjoy, especially if they have read his earlier work, Rhubarb. Warren is the guide dog from that book, a guide dog with attitude. This charming book is beautifully illustrated by Sonia Martinez. The littlies can do their own “Where’s Waldo” by looking for Ewan the Hermit Crab on each page. A delight to read for all ages.
November 21, 2013
An excellent book. There are so many layers to this text, that it would be a great addition to an English or Literacy class. Kids love to look for the visual references related to Eleanor Rigby and to that extent some Beatles song lyrics that are embedded within the illustrations, which work so well with this story overall. Have a read, and you will not regret it!
January 30, 2016
That was...weird? I think it was supposed to be sad, but everything other than the story itself was funny, even the bits about the author and illustrator and the title page, so I'm not feeling the sadness. Quite a shot from Jasper Jones, though.
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