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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).
Notes
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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
Works about this Work
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Birds and Beasts
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Very Hungry Bear 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka 2012 single work picture book -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Pooka 2012 single work picture book
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 27)
— Review of Pooka 2012 single work picture book -
Birds and Beasts
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)
— Review of The Very Hungry Bear 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka 2012 single work picture book
Awards
- 2013 recommended for therapists Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
- 2013 winner YABBA — Picture Storybook
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