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y separately published work icon The Very Hungry Bear single work   picture book   children's  
Is part of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 series - author picture book (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Very Hungry Bear
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'The Very Cranky Bear is back, and now he's hungry! When the Very Hungry Bear goes fishing, he ends up catching more than he bargained for - a polar bear, with an armful of fish, who needs help finding a new home! Vibrant illustrations and a fun, engaging story make this book perfect for reading aloud' (Libraries Australia).

Notes

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

    Food depiction
    • Featured
    • Storyline
    Food types
    • Everyday foods
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    • Fresh foods
    Food practices

    n/a

    Gender n/a
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value

    n/a

    Food as sense of place n/a
    Setting
    • Bush, beach, nature
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity

    n/a

    Food as character identity

    n/a

    Food as language
    • Food metaphors and similes

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Press ; Scholastic Press , 2012 .
      image of person or book cover 8931841793762096042.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st June 2012
      ISBN: 9781742831701 (hbk.)
    • Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,: Scholastic Press , 2014 .
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781743621745, 1743621744
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Press , 2014 .
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781743621752, 1743621752
    • Gosford, Central Coast, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2016 .
      image of person or book cover 2839678055095734168.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 36p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1st January 2016
      ISBN: 9781760150341
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2017 .
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781742764559, 174276455X
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Very Cranky Bear Stories Nick Bland , Nick Bland (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2021 21966791 2021 selected work picture book

    'Three stories in one! The Very Cranky Bear, The Very Hungry Bear and The Very Noisy Bear. Find out what happens in these three favourite stories by bestselling picture book creator, Nick Bland.' (Publication summary)

    Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2021
Alternative title: Gros ours affamé
Language: French

Other Formats

Works about this Work

Children's Books Stephen Romei , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 25)

— Review of Ice, Wind, Rock : Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic 2013 single work biography picture book ; Seadog Claire Saxby , 2013 single work picture book ; Shut the Duck Up Mandy Foot , 2013 single work picture book ; King Pig Nick Bland , 2013 single work picture book ; The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box Frances Watts , 2013 single work picture book
Children's Books Stephen Romei , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 December 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of The 26-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths , 2012 single work children's fiction ; There is a Monster under My Bed Who Farts Tim Miller , 2012 single work picture book ; Come Down, Cat! Sonya Hartnett , 2011 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Sam the Cat : A True Story Sam Bowring , 2012 single work picture book ; Peggy : A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure Anna Walker , 2012 single work picture book ; The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; One Very Tired Wombat Renée Treml , 2012 single work picture book ; Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky , 2012 single work picture book ; My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Arthur Baysting , Justine Clarke , 2012 single work picture book
Birds and Beasts Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim Tessa Bickford , Jennifer Castles , 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
[Review] The Very Hungry Bear Kevin Steinberger , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book
[Review] The Very Hungry Bear Margot Hillel , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book
[Review] The Very Hungry Bear Kevin Steinberger , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book
Birds and Beasts Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 September 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Let's Count Kisses 2012 single work picture book ; Go Jojo Go! : A Little Penguin on a Big Swim Tessa Bickford , Jennifer Castles , 2012 single work picture book ; Pooka Carol Chataway , 2012 single work picture book
Children's Books Stephen Romei , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 December 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of The 26-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths , 2012 single work children's fiction ; There is a Monster under My Bed Who Farts Tim Miller , 2012 single work picture book ; Come Down, Cat! Sonya Hartnett , 2011 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Sam the Cat : A True Story Sam Bowring , 2012 single work picture book ; Peggy : A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure Anna Walker , 2012 single work picture book ; The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; One Very Tired Wombat Renée Treml , 2012 single work picture book ; Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky , 2012 single work picture book ; My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Arthur Baysting , Justine Clarke , 2012 single work picture book
Children's Books Stephen Romei , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 25)

— Review of Ice, Wind, Rock : Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic 2013 single work biography picture book ; Seadog Claire Saxby , 2013 single work picture book ; Shut the Duck Up Mandy Foot , 2013 single work picture book ; King Pig Nick Bland , 2013 single work picture book ; The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box Frances Watts , 2013 single work picture book
[Review] The Very Hungry Bear Margot Hillel , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 56 no. 3 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book
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