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Notes
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Dedication: For my sister Ruth
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Japanese and Chinese translations.
Contents
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Grandad's Gifts,
single work
children's fiction
children's
mystery
'A boy finds a dead fox in a cupboard in his bedroom. But when he gets a call to pick lemons from his lemon tree and give them to the fox, it seems to come back to life. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, and also re-published as a picture book with added illustrations.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Nails,
single work
children's fiction
children's
'A boy gets stranded on an island with his father. But he has three other problems: one, he has never seen his mother; two, he is forced to watch his father die; and three, he has nails growing all over him. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Licked,
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'A boy who has bad table manners is often criticised by his father during meals. But when a visitor comes for tea, the father has made a promise to talk about his son's faults, despite the fact that he performs them in the worst ways possible. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Little Black Balls,
single work
children's fiction
'A girl tells her mother the story of how she helped one of her friends, who spends all his time wearing paper and watching the clouds and has many animals for friends, with an operation, and how she lost one of his jewels to a goat. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist, was one of two adaptions to be combined into one episode.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Only Gilt,
single work
children's fiction
children's
'A boy goes to school wearing a bird cage on his head. He explains to his teacher that it is a self-imposed punishment because he blames himself for the murder of his girlfriend's budgerigar, only to find out that the budgerigar had already died before the boy's dog played around with it. The only short story from this book not to be adapted into an episode of Round the Twist' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Next Time Around,
single work
children's fiction
children's
'A boy gains the ability to hypnotise chickens. He later tries it on his best friend, then takes it to the next level by making his best friend remember his past life, but with disastrous consequences. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Yuggles,
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'A boy enters a mushroom-picking competition to win a large Easter egg for his sick little sister. But all his mushrooms except one get stolen, and that one mushroom has the ability to change shape and scare off mean people. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
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Smelly Feat,
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'A boy who has no sense of smell decides to wear his socks for three straight months, believing that doing so will cause nearby people to fall asleep. It is not just people, even animals are affected. But the person he most wants to use them on is his enemy, who is planning to slaughter his 200-year-old turtle friend. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbearable_(short_story_collection))
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Popular as a Dirty Word : Investigating Literary and Cultural Biases Through a Study of Paul Jennings
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crossing the Boundaries 2002; (p. 261-281) -
[Review] Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 1 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction -
Kids' Books
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story ; Flashback : The Amazing Adventures of a Film Horse 1990 single work children's fiction ; Fly into Danger 1977 single work children's fiction ; Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction
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Kids' Books
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Tearaways : Stories to Make You Think Twice 1990 selected work short story ; Flashback : The Amazing Adventures of a Film Horse 1990 single work children's fiction ; Fly into Danger 1977 single work children's fiction ; Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction -
[Review] Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 1 1991; (p. 22)
— Review of Unbearable! : More Bizarre Stories 1990 selected work children's fiction -
Popular as a Dirty Word : Investigating Literary and Cultural Biases Through a Study of Paul Jennings
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Crossing the Boundaries 2002; (p. 261-281)
Awards
- 1994 winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Hoffman Award
- 1994 winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Younger Readers
- 1993 winner KOALA Awards — Infants/Primary
- 1993 winner YABBA — Fiction for Older Readers