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y separately published work icon The Duck Catcher single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Duck Catcher
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'Gombei catches just one duck a day because that is all the food he needs. When the days turn cold, however, he changes his mind. If he can catch a hundred ducks, he thinks, he won't have to work all winter long. Then Gombei walks into a trap!' Source: bookseller's website.

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Notes

  • Based on a Japanese folktale.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting, and is based on a Japanese folktale.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline , 2003 .
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      Extent: 26p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • A Mark Macleod Book.
      ISBN: 0733612873
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Works about this Work

Untitled Lee Finkelstein , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 47 no. 3 2003; (p. 29)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book
Young Readers Robin Morrow , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 October 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book ; Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat Stephen Michael King , 2003 single work picture book
Working with Books Wendy Michaels , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 3 2003; (p. 20)
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 27)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book
Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 27)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book
Young Readers Robin Morrow , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 October 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book ; Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat Stephen Michael King , 2003 single work picture book
Untitled Lee Finkelstein , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 47 no. 3 2003; (p. 29)
— Review of The Duck Catcher Moses Aaron , 2003 single work picture book
Working with Books Wendy Michaels , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 23 no. 3 2003; (p. 20)
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