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y separately published work icon Nim's Island single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy   adventure  
Is part of Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 series - author children's fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Nim's Island
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'Nim loves her island home and the animals she shares it with even while her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who can help' (Source: Kinetica).

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form y separately published work icon Nim's Island Jennifer Flackett , Mark Levin , ( dir. Jennifer Flackett et. al. )agent Australia : 2008 Z1400029 2008 single work film/TV children's adventure fantasy

Nim, living on an island in the South Pacific with her marine biologist father, is left alone when her father heads off on a research trip. When tourists approach her island, Nim, mistaking them for pirates, enlists the aid of Alexandra Rover, writer of the Alex Rover adventure series, herself a timid agoraphobic who constantly sees the main character from her books.

Affiliation Notes

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

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 119p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 1864488433
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       2001 .
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      Extent: 125p.
      Edition info: 1st American edition
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0375811230, 0375911235 (PLB)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Dell Yearling ,       2002 .
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      Extent: 125p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 11th 2002
      ISBN: 0440418682 (pbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Dell Yearling ,       2008 .
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      Extent: 125p.
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      • Published February 12th 2008
      ISBN: 9780385736060
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    y separately published work icon The Complete Adventures on Nim's Island Wendy Orr , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020 18880389 2020 selected work children's fiction

    'All three Nim novels - Nim's Island, Nim at Sea and Rescue on Nim's Island - collected in one edition to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the original publication of Nim's Island.

    'In a palm tree, on an island, in the middle of the wide blue sea, was a girl.
    Nim's hair was wild, her eyes were bright, and around her neck she wore three cords. One was for a spyglass, one for a whorly, whistling shell, and one for a fat red pocketknife in a sheath.

    'Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea, with her father, Jack, as well as a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her email. No one else lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn't swap places with anyone.' (Publication summary)

         Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2020
Alternative title: L'isola di Nim
Language: Italian
    • Milan,
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      Italy,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Salani Editore ,       2001 .
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      Extent: 133p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 8877829877
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y separately published work icon Nim at Sea Wendy Orr , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1399953 2007 single work children's fiction children's adventure

When Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim has to leave her island paradise, stow away on board a cruise ship, and work out how to rescue Selkie and all the captive animals in the ship's zoo. She also needs to reunite her family. Luckily she has Fred, her funny marine iguana, and two new ship-board friends, to help her. (Source: Trove)
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Nature's Child Justine Reilly , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 26 March - 1 April no. 678 2008; (p. 25)
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— Appears in: Books Buzz , July no. 4 2008; (p. 24)
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 43 no. 3 1999; (p. 20)
— Review of Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 single work children's fiction
[Review] Nim's Island Nola Allen , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 14 no. 2 1999; (p. 34)
— Review of Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 single work children's fiction
Fun Books Will Amuse Kids Margaret Bromley , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 June 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of Henrietta Gets a Letter Martine Murray , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Tumblegrass and the Bushfire Annie O'Dowd , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 single work children's fiction ; Pearlie and Her Pink Shell Wendy Harmer , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Nim's Island Jenny Sharp , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , July no. 4 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 single work children's fiction
[Review] Nim's Island Debbie Whitbeck , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , February vol. 47 no. 2 2001; (p. 104)
— Review of Nim's Island Wendy Orr , 1999 single work children's fiction
Fantasy Realised as Island Tale Becomes Hot Hollywood Property Michelle Hamer , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 June 2007; (p. 13)
How it Feels to Have a Book Turned Into a Film Wendy Orr , 2008 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Age , 8 January 2008; (p. 5)
From Story to Film Wendy Orr , 2008 single work column
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Nature's Child Justine Reilly , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 26 March - 1 April no. 678 2008; (p. 25)
Classic Kids' Books Turned into Classic Cinema Norman Jorgensen , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 14-16) In his memories 'From a Celluloid Inspired Childhood', Jorgensen discusses mainly books by American and English authors.
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