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form y separately published work icon Penguin Bloom single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Penguin Bloom : The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family Cameron Bloom , Bradley Trevor Greive , 2016 single work prose
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Penguin Bloom
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After Samantha Bloom suffers a devastating spinal injury, she she struggles with depression, until the family adopts a fledgling magpie called Penguin.

Adaptations

y separately published work icon Penguin Bloom Chris Kunz , Harry Cripps , Shaun Grant , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 21056658 2021 single work prose children's

'Inspired by the true story of an unlikely hero, and adapted from the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver

'I guess we all kinda knew our life was perfect and that we wouldn't change a thing.

'But sometimes you don't get that choice, do you? Sometimes stuff happens that you would do anything to try to avoid. But you can't. And that's what happened to us.

'Penguin Bloom tells the true story of Sam Bloom, a young mother whose world is turned upside down after a near-fatal accident leaves her unable to walk. Sam's husband, her three young boys and her mother are struggling to adjust to their new situation when an unlikely ally enters their world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin. The bird's arrival is a welcome distraction for the Bloom family, eventually making a profound difference in the family's life.

'This young readers' edition, adapted from the major Australian motion picture starring Naomi Watts, tells their story through the eyes of Noah, one of the three Bloom boys.' (Publication summary)

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Works about this Work

Australian Cinema Is Reaping Box Office Rewards during the Pandemic. Can the Trend Continue? Stephen Gaunson , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 February 2021;
Message of Hope Is Allowed to Bloom David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23 January 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Penguin Bloom Shaun Grant , Harry Cripps , 2020 single work film/TV
The Dry Set to Break Australian Box Office Drought Kelly Burke , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 January 2021;
Message of Hope Is Allowed to Bloom David Stratton , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23 January 2021; (p. 13)

— Review of Penguin Bloom Shaun Grant , Harry Cripps , 2020 single work film/TV
The Dry Set to Break Australian Box Office Drought Kelly Burke , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 January 2021;
Australian Cinema Is Reaping Box Office Rewards during the Pandemic. Can the Trend Continue? Stephen Gaunson , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 February 2021;
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