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'Written in fast-paced, catchy verse Crocodile Cake is about a little girl who bakes a very dangerous cake - the kind you have to eat before it eats you.' (From the publisher's website)
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Storyline
Food types - Discretionary foods
- High sugar foods
Food practices - Parties and Entertaining
- Food preparation
Gender - Food preparation - female [domestic]
- Food preparation - male [domestic]
Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a
Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion - Social gatherings
Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
Food as character identity - Imagining food
Food as language n/a
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Crocodile Cake
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. 25)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , August no. 10 2009; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book
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[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , August no. 10 2009; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book -
[Review] Crocodile Cake
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. 25)
— Review of Crocodile Cake 2009 single work picture book
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