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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Bill the Inventor
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'When you're an orphan, new parents are the most important thing in the world. But when Mrs. O'Squealin tries out some parents on Bill the Inventor, he doesn't like what she's found - pirates, a wizard and witch, and even blobby aliens! Bill's inventions are the only thing that might save him from a life of peg-legs, roasted toads or extra tentacles. But will his inventions be enough?' (Source: Libraries Australia.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Mascot, Botany area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Koala Books , 1998 .
      Extent: 64p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0864611587
      Series: y separately published work icon Tadpoles Koala Books (publisher), Redfern : Koala Books , 1997 Z1548876 1997 series - publisher children's fiction children's
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon One Beastly Beast, Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales Garth Nix , New York (City) : HarperCollins (United States) , 2007 Z1347521 2007 selected work children's fiction children's fantasy humour 'A collection of four fantasy tales in which a boy joins a strange navy in pursuit of video pirates, a neglected princess seeks adventure, an orphaned inventor seeks the perfect parents, and a genius girl faces a sea serpent.' (Libraries Australia) New York (City) : HarperCollins (United States) , 2007 pg. 107-160

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] A Stuffy Old Bear [et al] Annette Dale Meiklejohn , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 13 no. 4 1998; (p. 33)

— Review of A Stuffy Old Bear Nette Hilton , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile Jackie French , 1998 single work children's fiction ; I Miss You Sharon Callen , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Fraidy Cats Penny Hall , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Bill the Inventor Garth Nix , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Hero Sally Odgers , 1998 single work children's fiction
[Review] Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile [et al] Kevin Steinberger , 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. 20)

— Review of Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile Jackie French , 1998 single work children's fiction ; I Miss You Sharon Callen , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Fraidy Cats Penny Hall , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Bill the Inventor Garth Nix , 1998 single work children's fiction
[Review] Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile [et al] Kevin Steinberger , 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. 20)

— Review of Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile Jackie French , 1998 single work children's fiction ; I Miss You Sharon Callen , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Fraidy Cats Penny Hall , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Bill the Inventor Garth Nix , 1998 single work children's fiction
[Review] A Stuffy Old Bear [et al] Annette Dale Meiklejohn , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 13 no. 4 1998; (p. 33)

— Review of A Stuffy Old Bear Nette Hilton , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Felix Smith Has Every Right to be a Crocodile Jackie French , 1998 single work children's fiction ; I Miss You Sharon Callen , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Fraidy Cats Penny Hall , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Bill the Inventor Garth Nix , 1998 single work children's fiction ; Hero Sally Odgers , 1998 single work children's fiction
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