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y separately published work icon Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories selected work   short story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories
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'Save ten lives with a paperclip, discover how a big banana can ruin your sister's holiday, make a new friend with a garbage bin, develop a taste for sheep's spleen and chips, bounce on a vampire's bed, rescue your dad from a dog and a spider, use a toilet roll to get justice, upset the neighbours with a pickaxe, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, and imagine a world where...' (From the publisher's website.)

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Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Puffin , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Saving Ms Fosdyke, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Pizza Cake, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Charles the Second, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Secret Diary of a Dad, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Can't Complain, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Draclia, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Tickled Onions, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Stationary Is Never Stationary, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Big Mistake, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
Harriet's Story, Morris Gleitzman , single work short story
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 162p.
      ISBN: 9780143305989 (pbk.)
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    y separately published work icon Funny Stories And Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , Melbourne : Puffin , 2018 15041048 2018 selected work short story children's

    'Swap a bomb for three ice-creams on a train, bounce on a vampire’s bed, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, read the secret diary of a dog, unleash the awesome power of chips, save ten lives with a paper clip, surprise your mum with a chainsaw, use a demolition ball to defeat a bully, live in a house that gets wiped clean more often than a bottom … and lots more!' (Publication summary)

         Melbourne : Puffin , 2018
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Works about this Work

[Review] Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Rebecca Kemble , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 56 no. 1 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story
[Review] Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Carole Poustie , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story
Stay in the Good Books Frances Atkinson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 January 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of Bom! Went the Bear Nicki Greenberg , 2011 single work picture book ; The Jewel Fish of Karnak Graeme Base , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book ; The Carousel Ursula Dubosarsky , 2011 single work picture book ; Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story ; Act of Faith Kelly Gardiner , 2011 single work novel ; The Coming of the Whirlpool Andrew McGahan , 2011 single work novel 'Frances Atkinson rounds up some summer children's titles from top Australian and international talent.' (Editor's abstract)
The Very Best of Company Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2011; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Bom! Went the Bear Nicki Greenberg , 2011 single work picture book ; The Jewel Fish of Karnak Graeme Base , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book ; The Carousel Ursula Dubosarsky , 2011 single work picture book ; Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story ; The Coming of the Whirlpool Andrew McGahan , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Kate O'Donnell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 15 October 2011; (p. 30)
— Review of Rip Off Kel Robertson , 2011 single work novel ; Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story ; World's End Will Elliott , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Kate O'Donnell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story
The Very Best of Company Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2011; (p. 26-27)
— Review of Bom! Went the Bear Nicki Greenberg , 2011 single work picture book ; The Jewel Fish of Karnak Graeme Base , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book ; The Carousel Ursula Dubosarsky , 2011 single work picture book ; Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story ; The Coming of the Whirlpool Andrew McGahan , 2011 single work novel
Stay in the Good Books Frances Atkinson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 January 2012; (p. 37)
— Review of Bom! Went the Bear Nicki Greenberg , 2011 single work picture book ; The Jewel Fish of Karnak Graeme Base , 2011 single work picture book ; A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham , 2011 single work picture book ; The Carousel Ursula Dubosarsky , 2011 single work picture book ; Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story ; Act of Faith Kelly Gardiner , 2011 single work novel ; The Coming of the Whirlpool Andrew McGahan , 2011 single work novel 'Frances Atkinson rounds up some summer children's titles from top Australian and international talent.' (Editor's abstract)
[Review] Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Carole Poustie , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , 2011 selected work short story
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