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'This is a very old story from Scotland which is best told on a dark night. In the story, an old lady who lived by herself wanted someone to come and visit her because she was lonely. Then one night someone did come to visit her – but it was a STRANGE visitor.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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A re-writing of an old story, usually called 'Give Me My Bone', in which a skeleton turns up to demand the return of a bone that an old woman has already put in her soup pot.
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Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 3 no. 3 1988; (p. 37)
— Review of A Strange Visitor 1987 single work picture book -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 1988; (p. B4)
— Review of A Strange Visitor 1987 single work picture book
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 3 no. 3 1988; (p. 37)
— Review of A Strange Visitor 1987 single work picture book -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 April 1988; (p. B4)
— Review of A Strange Visitor 1987 single work picture book
Last amended 23 Sep 2021 13:18:57