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y separately published work icon Whistle Up the Chimney single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Whistle Up the Chimney
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Mrs. Millie Mack liked to listen to her fire going crickle crackle but one winter, when she threw several pieces of wood from an old railway carriage on the fire, there were very surprising results.

Notes

  • Also available in braille and as a sound recording.
  • This book has also won two international awards: the ABPA Book Design Award (1982) and an Honorary Diploma for the Most Beautiful Book in the World Award, (Leipzig 1984).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Collins , 1981 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 1982 Reprinted twice in 1982. , 1983 Fontana Picture Lions Series. , 1985 Reprinted twice in 1985. , 1986 Reprinted twice in 1986. With ISBN 0006620329. , 1988 With ISBN 0732272351 (pbk.) , 1984 With ISBN 0006620329
      ISBN: 0001843354
      Series: Fontana Picture Lions Collins (publisher), series - publisher
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hamish Hamilton ,       1983 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus. (some col.).
      Reprinted: 1984 With ISBN 0006620329
      ISBN: 0241109752
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Nelson , 1984 .
      Extent: 30p.
      Description: illus. (chiefly col.).
      ISBN: 0170064425
    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1992 .
      image of person or book cover 7869309695402512079.jpg
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 020717606X
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Untitled Walter McVitty , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 31)
— Review of Whistle Up the Chimney Nan Hunt , 1981 single work picture book
Illustrating 'Whistle Up the Chimney' Craig Smith , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 16-17)
Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report, 1982 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 7-11)
Delight For Youngsters Ralph Elliott , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 May 1982; (p. 15)
— Review of Whistle Up the Chimney Nan Hunt , 1981 single work picture book
Delight For Youngsters Ralph Elliott , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 May 1982; (p. 15)
— Review of Whistle Up the Chimney Nan Hunt , 1981 single work picture book
Untitled Walter McVitty , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 31)
— Review of Whistle Up the Chimney Nan Hunt , 1981 single work picture book
Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report, 1982 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 7-11)
Illustrating 'Whistle Up the Chimney' Craig Smith , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 84 1982; (p. 16-17)
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