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y separately published work icon Minton Goes Under single work   picture book   children's  
Is part of Minton Goes Series Anna Fienberg , 1998 series - author picture book (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Minton Goes Under
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'The fifth adventure for Minton, the Salamander who loves building things that move. Minton has built himself a boat, an airplane, a car, a truck but now he wants to go home so he makes a submarine to take him and his friend Turtle back to their island. Turtle is afraid of deep-sea monsters and although they escape a shark, they surface near the North Pole. How will they get home from there? Includes instructions to build Minton's submarine out of household junk.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2000 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 1 v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1864483709, 1864485965 (pbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Minton Goes! Anna Fienberg , Kim Gamble (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8344566 2015 selected work picture book

    "Minton loves anything that moves - boats, planes, cars, trucks, submarines and hot-air balloons - and he's always ready for action! His friend Turtle is not so brave, but together they have wild adventures. And you can make your own models of Minton's vehicles. Also, meet Hector, the Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived, who shot out of a volcano and is almost too hot to handle.

    A Big Book of 7 adventure stories, from the creators of Tashi!

    'Minton makes everything seem possible. The kids will love this one.' West Australian" (Publication Summary).

    Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015

Works about this Work

It's All Go with Minton Christopher Bantick , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2001; (p. 8)

— Review of Minton Goes Under Anna Fienberg , 2000 single work picture book ; Minton Goes Home 2000 single work picture book
It's All Go with Minton Christopher Bantick , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2001; (p. 8)

— Review of Minton Goes Under Anna Fienberg , 2000 single work picture book ; Minton Goes Home 2000 single work picture book
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