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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Pink Bow Tie
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'A pupil is in trouble for dyeing his hair white. He explains to his principal the events of the previous day that led to his hair changing color, involving an age-altering device that a man accidentally kills himself with. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.'  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_(short_story_collection))

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    y separately published work icon Unbelievable! : More Surprising Stories Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Penguin , 1986 Z668660 1986 selected work children's fiction children's humour "Stare if you dare, into Paul Jennings' wild world. What happens when you grow younger? Where do ghosts sit their exams? How would you cope if a million birds did it on you? Where did the eyes in the bottle come from? Nine stories that you would never dream of." (Source: Trove) Ringwood : Penguin , 1986 pg. 1-6
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    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories Paul Jennings , Camberwell : Penguin , 2006 Z1343299 2006 selected work children's fiction children's

    From the hugely popular UnCollected series comes this special selection of tales – a showcase of Paul's storytelling talents at their very best . . . and weirdest!

         Camberwell : Penguin , 2006     pg. 340-345
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form y separately published work icon Round the Twist Paul Jennings , Esben Storm , Ray Boseley , Louise Fox , Robert Greenberg , Christine Madafferi , Chris Anastassiades , Seven Network (publisher), ( dir. Esben Storm et. al. )agent 1990 Fitzroy Australia : Seven Network Australian Children's Television Foundation , 1989-2001 Z1730103 1990 series - publisher film/TV children's fantasy

Tony Twist and his three children (thirteen-year-old twins Pete and Linda and nine-year-old Bronson) move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast. They soon discover that the lighthouse and the outhouse are haunted.
y separately published work icon Round the Twist : Featuring Pink Bow Tie and Nails Paul Jennings , Ringwood : Puffin , 1993 Z1051291 1993 selected work children's fiction children's
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