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'This enchanting tale is at once a beautifully rendered narrative of childhood loss and a powerfully simple fable about the necessity of imagination.
'Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne Williamson’s best friends, maybe her only friends, and only she can see them. Kellyanne’s brother, Ashmol, can’t see them and doesn’t believe they exist anywhere but in Kellyanne’s immature imagination. Only when Pobby and Dingan disappear and Kellyanne becomes heartsick over their loss does Ashmol realize that not only must he believe in Pobby and Dingan, he must convince others to believe in them, too.' (Publication summary)
Adaptations
-
form
y
Opal Dream
( dir. Peter Cattaneo
)
United Kingdom (UK)
Australia
:
Academy Features
BBC Films
Sherman Pictures
,
2005
Z1239436
2005
single work
film/TV
Pobby and Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne Williamson (Saphire Boyce), the 9-year-old daughter of opal miner Rex Williamson (Vince Colosimo). The film is a funny, uplifting and touching story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby and Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11-year-old brother Ashmol (Christian Byers).
Source: Cinematic Intelligence Agency, http://thecia.com.au/reviews/p/pobby-and-dingan.shtml
Sighted: 14/02/2006
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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Powers of Imagination
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 September 2006; (p. 8-9) -
Paperbacks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 February 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Confessing the Blues 2002 single work novel ; Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
Bitter-Sweet Parable
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 December 2000; (p. 21)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
In Short
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 November 2000; (p. 14)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction ; Nightjar 2000 selected work short story -
Lost Friends
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 26 November 2000; (p. 45)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction
-
Paperbacks
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 2 February 2003; (p. 18)
— Review of Confessing the Blues 2002 single work novel ; Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
Hidden Depths
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 December 2000; (p. 12)
— Review of Mavis Levack P. I. 2000 selected work short story ; Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
Lost Friends
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 26 November 2000; (p. 45)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
In Short
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 November 2000; (p. 14)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction ; Nightjar 2000 selected work short story -
Bitter-Sweet Parable
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 December 2000; (p. 21)
— Review of Pobby and Dingan 2000 single work children's fiction -
Powers of Imagination
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 September 2006; (p. 8-9) -
Precious Imagination
2000
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 November 2000; (p. 12)
Awards
- 2000 winner Somerset Maugham Award Also shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday / John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, 2001.
- Lightning Ridge, Walgett - Collarenebri area, Far North NSW, New South Wales,