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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Piccolo and Annabelle
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y separately published work icon The Very Messy Inspection Stephen Axelsen , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2004 Z1173972 2004 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Young Piccolo Grande lives alone in his fine old family home. But one fateful afternoon his neat and ordered life is turned upside down and inside out when noisy, round and red-faced Annabelle bursts into his life.

'She claims to be his great aunt but Piccolo recognises her for the angel she is - a Guardian Angel, sent to mind Piccolo. But where Annabelle goes, disaster soon follows, and in two shakes of a feather it is the boy who is minding the angel...' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Disastrous Party Stephen Axelsen , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2005 Z1229993 2005 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Great Aunt Annabelle has miraculously passed her very messy inspection and can stay on as Piccolo's guardian angel. But chaotic Annabelle has a new-found passion for entering and winning competitions. Will she even notice if Piccolo is in trouble?

'And trouble soon finds Piccolo. When Annabelle wins a grand party, Piccolo is enchanted by a beautiful uninvited guest. Is she friend or foe, angel or enemy, or just confused?' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Stinky Cheese Gypsies Stephen Axelsen , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2005 Z1229987 2005 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Piccolo Grande's ordered life has been turned upside down by his competition crazy Guardian Angel. His fine old house has become an obstacle course of prizes that Great Aunt Annabelle has been winning at an alarming rate.

'Enough is enough! Piccolo devises a plan to give away, sell or bank all the prizes. But little does he know that Annabelle's latest windfall - a bright pink motor scooter and sidecar - is about to lead them into a gangload of trouble with a very wicked twist...' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Steamer Demons Stephen Axelsen , Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2006 Z1774048 2006 single work children's fiction children's fantasy 'Piccolo is waiting at the dock for his friend Stella to arrive home from her holiday cruise on the glittering Sea Princess. What arrives instead is a smoky, stinky steamer. Piccolo is the only one who can see that the scruffy sailors are actually demons. Even worse, they're heading for the zoo with their cargo of stolen African wildlife. What if they discover the fallen angel, Elspeth imprisoned at the zoo in the form of a baboon? Piccolo has to stop them!' Source: author's website.

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