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y separately published work icon A Giraffe in the Bath single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 A Giraffe in the Bath
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'What makes you laugh? This very funny picture book suggests increasingly silly and hilarious possibilities. Lots of fun for every reader, with wonderful, giggle-inducing illustrations by Kerry Argent.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Teacher's notes from publisher's website.

Notes

  • A story in rhyme.

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    • Fresh foods
    Food practices
    • Food preparation
    Gender n/a
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Domestic
    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity n/a
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2010 .
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      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 29 March 2010.
      ISBN: 9780670072132 (hbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2016 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2016
      ISBN: 9780143502371
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Usborne ,       2017 .
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      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781474918480
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Works about this Work

Untitled Graham Davey , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Under Age Michelle Hamer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 8 August 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Halo Alexandra Adornetto , 2010 single work novel ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Old Friends Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 69-70)
— Review of Grug and the Circus Ted Prior , 2010 single work picture book ; Grug Learns to Read Ted Prior , 2009 single work picture book ; There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards , 1980 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book ; The Boy and the Toy Sonya Hartnett , 2010 single work picture book ; Flame Stands Waiting Corinne Fenton , 2010 single work picture book ; Little Dog Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; An ABC of Pirates Caroline Stills , 2010 single work picture book
Chapter and Mirth Nick Galvin , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 May 2010; (p. 10-11)
Kids' Lit Jill Rowbotham , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Undrowned Child Michelle Lovric , 2009 single work children's fiction ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Margaret Hamilton , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Off the Shelf Christina Houen , Susan Hewitt , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 March 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of Stella Miles Franklin : A Biography by Jill Roe Sandra Knowles , 2009 single work review ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
From a Meet in the Street Fiona Purdon , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 April 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Kids' Lit Jill Rowbotham , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Undrowned Child Michelle Lovric , 2009 single work children's fiction ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book
Old Friends Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 69-70)
— Review of Grug and the Circus Ted Prior , 2010 single work picture book ; Grug Learns to Read Ted Prior , 2009 single work picture book ; There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake Hazel Edwards , 1980 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party Hazel Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; A Giraffe in the Bath Mem Fox , Olivia Rawson , 2010 single work picture book ; The Boy and the Toy Sonya Hartnett , 2010 single work picture book ; Flame Stands Waiting Corinne Fenton , 2010 single work picture book ; Little Dog Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; An ABC of Pirates Caroline Stills , 2010 single work picture book
Grandma Mem Bathes in Bright New Chapter Deborah Bogle , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 March 2010; (p. 1, 4)
All Your Old Favourites Amanda Horswill , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010; (p. 23) Discusses Australian picture books and other picture books out of AustLit scope that parents enjoyed in their childhood.
Chapter and Mirth Nick Galvin , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 2 May 2010; (p. 10-11)
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