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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Murgatroyd's Garden
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Murgatroyd hated having his hair washed so eventually his parents stopped trying. A magnificent garden grew upon his head and people came from all over the world to see it ...

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  • This has also been included in a sound recording as part of Winners! From the Children's Book of the Year Awards (Australian Broadcasting Corportion, c1996).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1986 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: chiefly illus. (some col.).
      Note/s:
      • Created and produced by The Watermark Press, 29A King St., Sydney (t.p. verso).
      ISBN: 0855610719, 1863300074 (Little Mammoth : pbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       St. Martin's Press ,       1986 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0312016298
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Little Mammoth , 1989 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1863300074 (pbk.)
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  • Also braille, sound recording.
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Murgatroyd’s Garden by Judy Zavos Emma Cameron , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , December 2011;
— Review of Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book
Welcoming Back Old Friends : Re-Discovering Favourite Picture Books Noela Allen , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 26 no. 5 2011; (p. 18-21)
Three Illustrators Talk About Their Books Diana Ritch (interviewer), 1987 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 2 no. 5 1987; (p. 5-7)
[Review] Murgatroyd's Garden Russell Bond , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 20)
— Review of Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists Jo Goodman , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13)
[Review] Murgatroyd's Garden Russell Bond , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 20)
— Review of Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book
Australian Children's Book Awards : The 1987 shortlist Margaret Dunkle , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 29-32)
— Review of Riverman Allan Baillie , 1986 single work novel ; Creatures in the Beard Margaret Wild , 1986 single work picture book ; Kojuro and the Bears Helen Smith (translator), 1987 single work picture book ; The Wild Bob Graham , 1986 single work picture book ; All About Anna and Harriet and Christopher and Me Libby Hathorn , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Melissa's Ghost Michael Dugan , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Blue Days Donna Sharp , 1986 single work novel ; Space Demons Gillian Rubinstein , 1986 single work novel ; Taronga Victor Kelleher , 1986 single work novel ; My Sister Sif Ruth Park , 1986 single work novel ; All We Know Simon French , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Animalia Graeme Base , 1986 single work picture book ; Farmer Schulz's Ducks Colin Thiele , 1986 single work picture book ; Pigs Might Fly Emily Rodda , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry ; Boss of the Pool Robin Klein , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book ; The Nativity Ron Lander , 1986 single work picture book
[Review] Murgatroyd's Garden Marion Bannister , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 31 no. 3 1987; (p. 48)
— Review of Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book
Murgatroyd’s Garden by Judy Zavos Emma Cameron , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , December 2011;
— Review of Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists Jo Goodman , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13)
Three Illustrators Talk About Their Books Diana Ritch (interviewer), 1987 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 2 no. 5 1987; (p. 5-7)
Welcoming Back Old Friends : Re-Discovering Favourite Picture Books Noela Allen , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 26 no. 5 2011; (p. 18-21)
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