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y separately published work icon Mr McGee Goes to Sea single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Mr McGee Goes to Sea
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Mr McGee is having tea under his apple tree when a huge storm cloud appears. It rains so much Mr McGee is washed out to sea where he is swallowed by a large fish. As Mr McGee prods and pokes the fish with his umbrella the fish spits him out. With the help of his umbrella Mr McGee floats over the town and lands safely back in his own apple tree.

Notes

  • A picture book in verse form.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1992 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0670840165
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1993 .
      person or book cover
      Courtesy of Penguin Books Australia.
      Extent: 28p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • A Picture Puffin
      ISBN: 0140544038 (pbk.)
Alternative title: Otoboke Maggisan Umi No Boken
Language: Japanese
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Works about this Work

There Be Dragons Thornton McCamish , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 15)
Untitled Melanie Guile , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 8 no. 1 1993; (p. 25)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Untitled Margot Hillel , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 36 no. 4 1992; (p. 14)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
The New Books : Picture Books F.B. , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Junior Bookshelf , August vol. 56 no. 4 1992; (p. 140-141)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Reviews Cliff Moon , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , November vol. 40 no. 4 1992; (p. 138)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Untitled Margot Hillel , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 36 no. 4 1992; (p. 14)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Untitled Melanie Guile , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 8 no. 1 1993; (p. 25)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Short and cheery 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Herald Sun , 6 June 1992; (p. 73)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
Reviews Cliff Moon , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The School Librarian , November vol. 40 no. 4 1992; (p. 138)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
The New Books : Picture Books F.B. , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Junior Bookshelf , August vol. 56 no. 4 1992; (p. 140-141)
— Review of Mr McGee Goes to Sea Pamela Allen , 1992 single work picture book
There Be Dragons Thornton McCamish , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 15)
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Meg Sorensen , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 141 1992; (p. 60-63)
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