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When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.
(Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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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 - Everyday foods
- Everyday drinks
Food practices - Eating in - snack
Gender n/a Signage n/a
Positive/negative value n/a
Food as sense of place n/a
Setting - Domestic interior
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
Works about this Work
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[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
Exploring Traditions
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 308 2009; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction ; Captain Congo and the Crocodile King 2008 single work picture book ; Molly and Her Dad 2008 single work picture book ; Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle 2008 single work picture book -
Angry Authors and Idol Poets
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29) A column canvassing current literary news including an update on the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation. Steger also notes Alex Miller's win in the Annual Foreign Novels 21st Centuray Awards and Graeme Base's nomination in the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. -
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , December no. 6 2008; (p. 3)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 December 2008; (p. 9)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction
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Under Age
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 November 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
Enigmatic Visual Experiences
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of Just Jack 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Art of Graeme Base 2008 single work criticism ; The Cloudchasers 2008 single work children's fiction ; Nobody Owns the Moon 2008 single work picture book -
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 88 no. 4 2008; (p. 39)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
Colourful Job Description
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 November 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery 2008 single work children's fiction -
Angry Authors and Idol Poets
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29) A column canvassing current literary news including an update on the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation. Steger also notes Alex Miller's win in the Annual Foreign Novels 21st Centuray Awards and Graeme Base's nomination in the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Awards
- 2012 honour book KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2010 shortlisted YABBA — Picture Storybook
- 2010 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2009 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division — Best Illustrated Work/Picture Book
- 2009 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Lower Primary Children (2005-2013)
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