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'One day a man invented the best toy in the world. He gave the toy to his son. The boy thought the toy was marvellous. It could do anything!
'But as time passed, the boy started to wonder about the toy. Was it really the best toy in the world?' (From the publisher's website.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , December 2013;
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
There Be Dragons
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 15) -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 18 no. 3 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Old Friends
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 323 2010; (p. 69-70)
— Review of Grug and the Circus 2010 single work picture book ; Grug Learns to Read 2009 single work picture book ; There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake 1980 single work picture book ; Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party 2010 single work picture book ; A Giraffe in the Bath 2010 single work picture book ; The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book ; Flame Stands Waiting 2010 single work picture book ; Little Dog 2010 single work picture book ; An ABC of Pirates 2010 single work picture book
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 89 no. 6 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Off the Shelf : Picture Book
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 May 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Advertiser , 15 May 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Missing : A Dog with a Big Heart
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 May 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
Under Age
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 June 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of The Return of the Word Spy 2010 single work non-fiction ; The Boy and the Toy 2010 single work picture book -
There Be Dragons
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Lower Primary Children (2003-2013)
- 2010 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Told Primarily through Pictures
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