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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Inch Boy
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Issunboshi's smallness (he was only an inch tall) did not discourage him from his ambition to become a famous samurai and to serve a noble Lord in Kyoto.

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Notes

  • Adapted from a Japanese folktale by Helen Smith.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is based on a Japanese folktale.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1984 .
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      Extent: 28p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0001843222
      Series: Fontana Picture Lions Collins (publisher), series - publisher
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1985 .
      Extent: 28p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0006623239 (pbk.)
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  • Also braille.
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Works about this Work

Judges' Report, 1985 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8)
[Review] The Inch Boy Kerry White , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 94 1985; (p. 23)
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book
Should the Children Choose 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Incite , 25 October 1985; (p. 12)
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book
[Review] The Inch Boy [and] The True Story of Lilli Stubeck 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 19-25 July 1985;
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
[Review] The Inch Boy 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book
The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon David Cox , 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur Amanda Graham , 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom Margaret Wild , 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches Gwenda Turner , 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox , 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel ; Adrift Allan Baillie , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth Libby Gleeson , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio Victor Kelleher , 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters Robin Klein , 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special Emily Rodda , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua Eleanor Spence , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli Nadia Wheatley , 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley Robin Klein , 1984 single work novel
Pop-up Magic Anne McCauley , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun [Sydney] , December 1984;
— Review of Rain, Hail or Shine Nan Hunt , 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; Bright Eyes and Bushy Tails Kilmeny Niland , 1984 single work picture book ; Gidja Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , 1984 single work picture book
[Review] The Inch Boy 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 May 1985;
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book
[Review] The Inch Boy 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book
[Review] The Inch Boy [and] The True Story of Lilli Stubeck 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 19-25 July 1985;
— Review of The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck James Aldridge , 1984 single work novel
Judges' Report, 1985 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 96 1985; (p. 2-8)
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