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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Water Witcher
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'Dougie and his sisters can't remember the last time it rained. The rainwater tanks are empty, and the river is a string of muddy pools where birds and animals come seeking water. One day, Dougie's dad tells him about his grandfather's gift for water witching. Dougie wishes he were a water witcher - then they would have a well.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Included in the 2007 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types n/a
    Food practices
    • Food production
    Gender n/a
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Rural
    • Historical
    Setting
    • Rural landscape
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Little Hare Books , 2006 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2008
      ISBN: 9781921049514, 1921049510
Alternative title: 尋水的魔法師
Transliterated title: Xun shui de mo fa shi
Language: Chinese
    • Taichung,
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      Taiwan,
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      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       暢談國際文化 ,       2009 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9789866981845
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Works about this Work

And Now for a Well Known Female Writer Robin Morrow , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May 2008 vol. 52 no. 2 2008; (p. 12-13)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12)
Untitled H. M. Saxby , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time: The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 51 no. 2 2007; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Untitled Alison Gregg , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Books Kids Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 November 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Untitled Isabelle Benton , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 86 no. 3 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Untitled Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 October 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Celebrating the Ordinary Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 57-59)
— Review of Waltzing Matilda A. B. Paterson , 2006 single work picture book ; The Thirsty Flowers Tony Wilson , 2006 single work picture book ; Nog the Nag Bird Gordon Reece , 2006 single work picture book ; Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair Lee Fox , 2006 single work picture book ; Eight Lyn Lee , 2006 single work picture book ; A Particular Cow Mem Fox , 2006 single work picture book ; Chatterbox Margaret Wild , 2006 single work picture book ; Midsummer Knight 2006 single work picture book ; Uno's Garden Graeme Base , 2006 single work picture book ; Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book ; Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella Pamela Allen , 2006 single work picture book ; Kestrel Mark Svendsen , 2006 single work picture book ; Bobbie Dazzler Margaret Wild , 2006 single work picture book ; Bushranger Bill Megan de Kantzow , 2006 single work picture book ; Moon Bear Rescue Kim Dale , 2006 single work picture book ; The Friends of Apple Street Anna Pignataro , 2006 single work picture book ; The Music Tree Catriona Hoy , 2006 single work picture book ; It's Christmas Tina Burke , 2006 single work picture book ; Pemberthy Bear Sally Murphy , 2006 single work picture book ; Samsara Dog Helen Manos , 2006 single work children's fiction ; Norman and Brenda Colin Thompson , 2006 single work picture book
Books Kids Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 November 2006; (p. 26)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
Untitled Alison Gregg , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 21 no. 4 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Water Witcher Jan Ormerod , 2006 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 51 no. 3 2007; (p. 5-12)
And Now for a Well Known Female Writer Robin Morrow , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May 2008 vol. 52 no. 2 2008; (p. 12-13)
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