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'Deep inside the Sir Bonzo Scruff Home for Lost Dogs, a lonely mutt craves to be adopted into a real home like all the cuter dogs. An unlikely godfather called 'Fred the Head' finally picks him out and he thinks he's got it made. But life on the outside isn't what he expected - Fred the Head leads a life of (unsuccessful) crime and gets our doggy hero into a series of hilarious misadventures. They inevitably get caught and put back inside (the nick and the dogs' home) for a short stretch, but soon a VERY peculiar looking woman (Fred the Head in drag) comes to claim the chastened dog and the two vow to go straight for evermore.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 46 no. 2 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book -
A Parade of Picture Books
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 10-11) -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 31)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book -
Who Is It For Again?
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 240 2002; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Potato People 2001 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate 2002 single work children's fiction ; Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book ; Jirrbal : Rainforest Dreamtime Stories 2001 selected work prose autobiography -
Animals to Grab 'em by Their Tales
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 March 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book ; The House of Narcissus 2001 single work picture book ; Sand Swimmers : The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart 1999 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate 2002 single work children's fiction
-
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 46 no. 2 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book -
Animals to Grab 'em by Their Tales
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 3 March 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book ; The House of Narcissus 2001 single work picture book ; Sand Swimmers : The Secret Life of Australia's Dead Heart 1999 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate 2002 single work children's fiction -
Who Is It For Again?
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 240 2002; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Potato People 2001 single work picture book ; Okra and Acacia : The Story of the Wattle Pattern Plate 2002 single work children's fiction ; Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book ; Jirrbal : Rainforest Dreamtime Stories 2001 selected work prose autobiography -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 31)
— Review of Confessions of a Bad Dog 2002 single work picture book -
A Parade of Picture Books
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 10-11)
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