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y separately published work icon Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle
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'It was a special day at the Lodge. There was going to be a party. A big party. Abby the dog was there. Jasper the cat was there. But ... so was a scruffy little dog.

'The Prime Minister receives many letters and emails from children asking about Jasper and Abby, and he often tells his friends, colleagues and staff stories of the antics of his family pets. Having heard these stories, Rhys Muldoon - who has been friends with Kevin Rudd for many years - encouraged the Prime Minister to write a children's book.

'Proceeds from this book go to The Centre for Community Child Health, at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Book launched by Rhys Muldoon and Kevin Rudd at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 18 January 2010.
  • Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
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      • Publication date: February 2010.
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Works about this Work

Lives Up for Star Rudd Cat Lanai Vasek , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 - 28 October 2012; (p. 9)
Strewth : Goodbye Kitty James Jeffrey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 - 28 October 2012; (p. 21)
Untitled Chloe Mauger , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 20)
— Review of Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book
Authors/Illustrators for the Young : Carla Zapel Carla Zapel , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 10-11)
Authors/Illustrators for the Young : Rhys Muldoon with Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 10)
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 31 January 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book
Off the Shelf William Yeoman , Susan Hewitt , Ian Nichols , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 2 February 2010; (p. 6)
— Review of Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book ; Kiss of Death P. D. Martin , 2010 single work novel ; Going Down Swinging no. 29 2009 periodical issue
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 February 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book
Kerfuffle in the Lodge Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 319 2010; (p. 59, 61)
— Review of Baby Wombat's Week Jackie French , 2009 single work picture book ; Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book ; Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House Libby Gleeson , 2009 single work picture book ; Cautionary Tales for Boys and Girls John Hay-Mackenzie , 2009 selected work children's fiction ; Little Blue Gaye Chapman , 2008 single work picture book
Building Blocks for Young Minds Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 March 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of What Will Baby Do? Mike Dumbleton , 2009 single work picture book ; Look See, Look at Me Leonie Robin Norrington , 2010 single work picture book ; Hush, Hush! Margaret Wild , 2009 single work picture book ; Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle Kevin Rudd , Rhys Muldoon , 2010 single work picture book ; The Flying Orchestra Clare McFadden , 2010 single work picture book
In PM's Kids Book, It's Reigning Cats and Dogs Paul Maley , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 January 2010; (p. 3)
Last Post Frank Pulsford , 2010 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 January 2010; (p. 13)
Jasper and Abbey's [sic] Big Night With Kevin Madonna King , 2010 single work column satire
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 - 10 January 2010; (p. 21)

'Ahead of the launch of Kevin Rudd's new children's book, the stars behind the story, the golden retreiver, Abbey [sic] and Jasper, the cat were overheard having this conversation in the grounds of the Lodge.
Rudd Book Finds an Audience Ellie Harvey , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 2010; (p. 2)
And in This Instalment, Two Heroes Save the Day Tony Wright , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 January 2010; (p. 2) The Age , 19 January 2010; (p. 3)
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  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
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