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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Nana's Gift
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Adam and Ben live with their large family on an Aboriginal reserve on the shores of Lake Alexandrina. Their dream of owning a dog comes true when their Nana gives each of them a very small dog. When the dogs fail to grow, their joy is mingled with disappointment.

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Notes

  • This has been listed in some bibliographies in its manuscript form as "A Purpose in Life", illustrated by Jacob Stengel.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Norwood, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 1998 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • First published 1 January 1998.
      ISBN: 1862911924, 9781862911925
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Works about this Work

Launch for Story of Tolerance 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 May no. 175 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction 'An Aboriginal story of tolerance 'Nana's Gift' has been launched at Tauondi college in Adelaide...'
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 13 no. 2 1998; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction
Untitled Sue Maher , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 18)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction
Untitled Sue Maher , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 18)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction
Untitled Joan Zahnleiter , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 13 no. 2 1998; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction
Launch for Story of Tolerance 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 May no. 175 1998; (p. 27)
— Review of Nana's Gift Margaret Brusnahan , 1998 single work children's fiction 'An Aboriginal story of tolerance 'Nana's Gift' has been launched at Tauondi college in Adelaide...'
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (3)
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