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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Max
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird. (Libraries Australia)

Notes

  • Publishers Weekly best Book of the Year, Picture Books 2001.
  • 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 drinks
    Food practices
    • Eating in - snack
    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
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Japanese.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Walker Books [London] ,
      2000 .
      image of person or book cover 951818549844234330.jpg
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      Extent: 24p.
      Description: chiefly col. illus.
      ISBN: 0744567874 (hbk)
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Candlewick Press ,
      2000 .
      image of person or book cover 9112255764765587084.jpg
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      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0763611387 (hbk)
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Walker Books [London] ,
      2001 .
      image of person or book cover 2671970794198593972.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: chiefly col. illus.
      ISBN: 0744589053 (pbk)
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Candlewick Press ,
      2002 .
      image of person or book cover 7808577333984286403.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0763618578 (pbk)
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Walker Books [London] ,
      2005 .
      image of person or book cover 988642676529920624.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 32p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9780744598278
    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2020 .
      image of person or book cover 4555966950626418047.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: 20th anniversary edition
      Note/s:
      • Published 01 July 2020
      ISBN: 9781406387742
Language: Finnish
    • Helsinki,
      c
      Finland,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      WSOY ,
      2000 .
      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9510252832

Other Formats

Works about this Work

Picturing Parenting in the Words and illustrations of Bob Graham Margot Hillel , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: CREArTA : Journal of the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts , vol. 6 no. 2006; (p. 75-82)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12)
A Trio for the Early-Childhood Years Belle Y. Alderman , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2001; (p. 18)

— Review of You'll Wake the Baby Catherine Jinks , 2000 single work picture book ; Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book ; Pog Lyn Lee , 2000 single work picture book
Come Flying with Bob Graham's Max Moira Robinson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 4-5)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
Untitled Sue Clancy , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 44 no. 4 2000; (p. 20)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
Untitled Sue Clancy , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 44 no. 4 2000; (p. 20)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
Come Flying with Bob Graham's Max Moira Robinson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 4-5)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
Best Books 2000 2000 single work review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , December vol. 46 no. 12 2000; (p. 53)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
The Book review : Preschool to Grade 4 Nancy Menaldi--Scanlan , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , September vol. 46 no. 9 2000; (p. 198)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book
Christmas is for Kids (Books) Suzy Wilson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 25 November 2000; (p. 6)

— Review of Max Bob Graham , 2000 single work picture book ; Can You Keep a Secret? Pamela Allen , 2000 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12)
Picturing Parenting in the Words and illustrations of Bob Graham Margot Hillel , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: CREArTA : Journal of the Centre for Research and Education in the Arts , vol. 6 no. 2006; (p. 75-82)

Awards

2001 American Library Association Notable Children's Books
2001 joint inaugural honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Early Childhood
2001 winner KOALA Awards Picture Book With Miss Wolf and the Porkers by Bill Condon.
2000 winner Nestle Smarties Book Prize Under 5
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