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y separately published work icon The Adventures of Nanny Piggins single work   children's fiction   children's  
Is part of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Adventures of Nanny Piggins
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'Nanny Piggins, the world's most glamorous flying pig, runs away from the circus and goes to live with the Greens as their nanny. The Green children, Derrick, Samantha and Michael, fall in love with her instantly. Who could not fall in love with a Nanny whose only job qualifications are her astonishing ability to be fired out of a cannon and her amazing ability to make chocolate cake, sometimes both at the same time?

'They then have some wonderful adventures together. I won't spoil them for you by listing them all but they do include catching a serial doorknob thief, hiding a 10-foot dancing bear in the basement and being lost at sea en route to China.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Voted Top of the List for Youth Fiction 2010 by the Amercian magazine Booklist.

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains references to China.
  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has references to China.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2009 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 2 March 2009.
      ISBN: 9781741663167
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Little, Brown ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 256p.
      Edition info: 1st U.S. ed.
      Note/s:
      • Published 16 August 2010
      ISBN: 9780316068192
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Little, Brown ,
      2012 .
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      Extent: 239p.
      Description: illus. (b & w)
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 12 June 2012
      ISBN: 9780316068185
Alternative title: ماجراهای بزی پرستار
Transliterated title: Mājarā'hā-yi buzī-i parastār
Language: Persian
    • Tehran,
      c
      Iran,
      c
      Middle East, Asia,
      :
      Āfarīnigān ,
      2018 .
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      Extent: 208p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9786003910355

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  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

How I Came to Write 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 5)
[Review] The Adventures of Nanny Piggins Sue Clancy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Adventures of Nanny Piggins Oliver Phommavanh , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , 1 June no. 61 2009; (p. 37-38)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
Magical Mischief Tour Jenny Hale , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 5 July 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen Deborah Abela , 2009 single work children's fiction ; Mascot Madness! Andy Griffiths , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Adventures of Nanny Piggins Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 35-36)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 March 2009; (p. 25)

— Review of The Nest Paul Jennings , 2009 single work novel ; The Terrible Plop Ursula Dubosarsky , 2009 single work picture book ; The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
Untitled Hilary Adams , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
Kids' Lit Jill Rowbotham , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 April 2009; (p. 12)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction ; Maralinga : The Anangu Story Yalata and Oak Valley Communities , 2009 single work prose
[Review] The Adventures of Nanny Piggins Allison Paterson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 35-36)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction
Magical Mischief Tour Jenny Hale , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 5 July 2009; (p. 13)

— Review of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work children's fiction ; The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen Deborah Abela , 2009 single work children's fiction ; Mascot Madness! Andy Griffiths , 2009 single work children's fiction
It's Albright with Her Peter FitzSimons , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 February 2009; (p. 4)
How I Came to Write 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' R. A. Spratt , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 5)
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