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y separately published work icon Pooka single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Pooka
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'From the moment she is discovered on the doorstep, everyone loves Pooka. She's the best dog ever! 'Don't go getting attached,' Grandad warns. But it's too late for that! A heart-warming story of a lost dog and the impact she has on a small boy' (libraries Australia).

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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
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Everyday foods
    • Fresh foods
    Food practices
    • Eating in - snack
    • Food production
    • Food preparation
    Gender
    • Food preparation - female [domestic]
    Signage
    • Shop sign
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Domestic
    • Urban
    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    • Urban landscape
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Working Title Press , 2012 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus. (some col.)
      ISBN: 9781921504372 (hbk.)
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Works about this Work

Birds and Beasts Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim Tessa Bickford , Jennifer Castles , 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
Untitled Tina Cavanough , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
Untitled Tina Cavanough , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
Birds and Beasts Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim Tessa Bickford , Jennifer Castles , 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
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