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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Edward the Emu
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'Edward the emu was sick of the zoo,

There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do,

And compared to the seals that lived right next door,

Well being an emu was frankly a bore.

'Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals. He spends a day lounging with the lions. He even does a stint slithering with the snakes.

'But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. And so he returns to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him. . . .

'Edward is tired of being an emu, so he decides to try being something else for a change. First he spends some time swimming with the seals. Next, he lounges with the lions. He even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may not be so bad after all. So he heads back to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him . . .' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1993 .
      Extent: 14p.
      Edition info: Miniature ed.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0207183287
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 1998 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 4, 1998
      ISBN: 9780064434997
    • Sydney South, South Sydney area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 01 November 2016
      ISBN: 9781460753514
    • Deakin, South Canberra area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Royal Australian Mint , 2023 .
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      Edition info: 35th anniversary edition, accompanied by commemorative coin.
      Limited edition info: 25,000 coins minted (also sold individually, as well as included with the book).
Alternative title: Emuen Egon
Language: Danish
    • Copenhagen,
      c
      Denmark,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Carlsen ,
      1990 .
      Extent: 27p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 8756243189

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording. (with Feathers for Phoebe – Louisa May Picket – Olga the brolga – Counting on Frank – Edwina the emu)

Works about this Work

What I’m Reading (Aloud) Sarah Burnside , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018;
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8)
The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
The Book of the Year Award Shortlists Carmel Ballinger , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 4 no. 2 1989; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Wiggy and Boa Anna Fienberg , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Megan's Star Allan Baillie , 1988 single work novel ; The Lake at the End of the World Caroline Macdonald , 1988 single work novel ; Deepwater Judith O'Neill , 1987 single work novel ; You Take the High Road Mary K. Pershall , 1988 single work novel ; Answers to Brut Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Beyond the Labyrinth Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work novel ; The Split Creek Kids Roger Vaughan Carr , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Australopedia : How Australia Works After 200 Years of Other People Living Here 1988 reference non-fiction ; Callie's Family Ruth Park , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret Emily Rodda , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Eleventh Hour : A Curious Mystery Graeme Base , 1988 single work picture book ; Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Walter McVitty , 1988 single work picture book ; My Place in Space Robin A Hirst , Sally Hirst , 1988 single work picture book ; Mr Nick's Knitting Margaret Wild , 1988 single work picture book ; Drac and the Gremlin Allan Baillie , 1988 single work picture book
Untitled 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , July vol. 9 no. 1989; (p. 47)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
Untitled 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Scan , May vol. 8 no. 4 1989; (p. 14)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
Untitled Kelsey Taylor , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 17)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 4 no. 2 1989; (p. 25)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
Untitled 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Scan , May vol. 8 no. 4 1989; (p. 14)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
Untitled 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , July vol. 9 no. 1989; (p. 47)

— Review of Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction
The Book of the Year Award Shortlists Carmel Ballinger , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 4 no. 2 1989; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Wiggy and Boa Anna Fienberg , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Megan's Star Allan Baillie , 1988 single work novel ; The Lake at the End of the World Caroline Macdonald , 1988 single work novel ; Deepwater Judith O'Neill , 1987 single work novel ; You Take the High Road Mary K. Pershall , 1988 single work novel ; Answers to Brut Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Beyond the Labyrinth Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work novel ; The Split Creek Kids Roger Vaughan Carr , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Australopedia : How Australia Works After 200 Years of Other People Living Here 1988 reference non-fiction ; Callie's Family Ruth Park , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Best-Kept Secret Emily Rodda , 1988 single work children's fiction ; Melanie and the Night Animal Gillian Rubinstein , 1988 single work children's fiction ; The Eleventh Hour : A Curious Mystery Graeme Base , 1988 single work picture book ; Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , 1988 single work picture book children's fiction ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Walter McVitty , 1988 single work picture book ; My Place in Space Robin A Hirst , Sally Hirst , 1988 single work picture book ; Mr Nick's Knitting Margaret Wild , 1988 single work picture book ; Drac and the Gremlin Allan Baillie , 1988 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8)
The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
What I’m Reading (Aloud) Sarah Burnside , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018;
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