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y separately published work icon At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit single work   picture book   children's  
Is part of Holidays Roland Harvey , 2004 series - author picture book (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit
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"A richly detailed book about Australian beach holiday, guaranteed to occupy children for hours, looking for objects that have been lost (by the artist) and found (by the family dog). Humorous postcards on each spread convey the joy of summer holidays." (Source: Trove)

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Notes

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Everyday foods
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    • High fat foods
    • High salt foods
    • Processed foods
    • Fresh foods
    • Fast food/Takeaway [fish and chips]
    Food practices
    • Eating out - meal
    • Eating out - snack
    • Eating out - picnics
    • Parties and Entertaining
    • Food preparation
    Gender
    • Food preparation - male [outdoors]
    Signage
    • Signs for fictional products
    • Shop sign
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Urban
    Setting
    • Bush, beach, nature
    Food as social cohesion
    • Family meals [picnic lunch and dinner]
    • Social gatherings
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Feriengrüsse aus Crabby Beach
    • Hildesheim,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Gerstenberg ,       2006 .
      image of person or book cover 3265380544801421670.jpeg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9783806751055, 3806751056
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Related Works

y separately published work icon In the Bush : Our Holiday at Wombat Flat Roland Harvey , Roland Harvey (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1218013 2005 single work picture book children's

"A companion to 'At The Beach', 'In The Bush' takes our family on a holiday to Wombat Flats, a bushland setting where they enjoy a range of bush holiday activities including: horseriding, hiking, exploring caves, swimming in waterholes as well as discovering a whole range of Australian fauna and fauna." (Source: Trove)
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Works about this Work

Roland Harvey - The Master of the Detail Anne Petersen , 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: The Dromkeen Society Bulletin , July vol. 15 no. 2 2009; (p. 1-3)
Untitled Chris Dayman , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 49 no. 2 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
A Vision Splendid Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 61)
Children Catherine Ford , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 December 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Liz Derouet , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 19 no. 5 2004; (p. 28)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Liz Derouet , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 19 no. 5 2004; (p. 28)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
Children Catherine Ford , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 11 December 2004; (p. 6)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
Untitled Chris Dayman , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 49 no. 2 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of At the Beach : Postcards from Crabby Spit Roland Harvey , 2004 single work picture book
A Vision Splendid Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 61)
Roland Harvey - The Master of the Detail Anne Petersen , 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: The Dromkeen Society Bulletin , July vol. 15 no. 2 2009; (p. 1-3)
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