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'I'm Lengy and I'm Thai. My parents run a restaurant named Thai-riffic! but I'm always craving hot chips and pizza.

'Mum and Dad's idea of a holiday? Going to Thailand to visit all our relatives. Recipe for getting there?
  • Survive Dr Needlemouse and his arsenal of needles
  • Squeeze in a snappy budget trip to Dreamworld
  • Catch a red-back spider for my Auntie
  • Fight off a savage bat attack
  • Celebrate Christmas, Thai-riffic style!

Recipe for surviving the planning? A heap of good luck and plenty of THAI-NO-MITE! Phew! I'll need a holiday after this . . .' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Choses for the Victorian Premier's reading challenge : grades 5-6

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in Thailand.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2012 .
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      Image courtesy of Penguin Australia.
      Extent: 163p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 26th September 2012
      ISBN: 9780143306528 (pbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2019 .
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      Extent: 176p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 2nd April 2019
      ISBN: 9781760890926
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y separately published work icon Thai-Riffic Oliver Phommavanh , Camberwell : Penguin , 2010 Z1697185 2010 single work children's fiction children's 'Albert (Lengy) Lengviriyakul, is fed up with being Thai. His parents own a Thai restaurant with the cheesy name of Thai-riffic! and Lengy is sick of being his father's curry guinea pig, longing to just eat pizza! At school he is a bit of a troublemaker, going to any lengths to hide his background. But when his best friend decides to become Thai for a day for a school project, Lengy stubbornly comes to the realisation that there may just be some pretty cool things about his culture.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Works about this Work

[Review] Thai-No-Mite Fran Knight , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 27 no. 5 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Thai-No-Mite Oliver Phommavanh , 2012 single work children's fiction
[Review] Thai-No-Mite Evie Marshall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Thai-No-Mite Oliver Phommavanh , 2012 single work children's fiction
[Review] Thai-No-Mite Evie Marshall , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Thai-No-Mite Oliver Phommavanh , 2012 single work children's fiction
[Review] Thai-No-Mite Fran Knight , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 27 no. 5 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of Thai-No-Mite Oliver Phommavanh , 2012 single work children's fiction
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