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y separately published work icon Bigismob Jigiwan Dog single work   picture book   children's  
Alternative title: Too Many Cheeky Dogs
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Bigismob Jigiwan Dog
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'Mandeitaim aibin wok la main anti kemp en yu sabi wanim aibin luk?

'On Monday I went to my auntie's house and guess what I saw? ONE yellow cheeky dog sleeping on the floor.'

So begins this lively, cheeky story set in a remote Indigenous community, moving through colours, numbers and days of the week to the dog-packed final page.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Aboriginal Kriol Included in AIATSIS, but with no ref. number
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2013 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 2013
      ISBN: 9781743316221
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2020 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Alternative title: Bigismob Jigiwan Dog
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published June 2020
      ISBN: 9781760878009
Alternative title: Papa Mawal-mawalpa Tjuta
Language: Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara AIATSIS ref. (C6) (NT SG52-11) NT, SA
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2021 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2021
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y separately published work icon Go Home, Cheeky Animals! Johanna Bell , Dion Beasley (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 9320530 2016 single work picture book children's

'In this lively follow-up to Too Many Cheeky Dogs, the camp is invaded by all kinds of cheeky feral animals who are finally chased away by the resident cheeky dogs.

'At Canteen Creek where we live, there are cheeky dogs everywhere. But when the cheeky goats, donkeys, buffaloes and camels make mischief in the camp, the dogs just lie there - until those pesky animals really go too far. Then the cheeky camp dogs roar into action!' (Publication summary)
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Dion Beasley’s Art and Language Kate Wild , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2013;

'Artist Dion Beasley’s first picture book Too Many Cheeky Dogs brims with mischievous canines chasing and playing their way through colours, numbers and the days of the week in a remote Northern Territory community - but the antics inside the cover are nothing compared to the story of how the book was made, writes Kate Wild.'
Dion Beasley’s Art and Language Kate Wild , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2013;

'Artist Dion Beasley’s first picture book Too Many Cheeky Dogs brims with mischievous canines chasing and playing their way through colours, numbers and the days of the week in a remote Northern Territory community - but the antics inside the cover are nothing compared to the story of how the book was made, writes Kate Wild.'
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