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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Stories for Eight Year Olds
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'Super-fun stories specially chosen for 8-year-olds!

'A mysterious water horse, dogs with big plans, a fortune-telling dragon, poetry and elephants, a mouse rescuer extraordinaire, sheep on the football field, a bull ant emergency, a royal wedding for Nanny Piggins, a cross-country catastrophe and a soup-eating hero . . . You'll find all these in Stories for 8-Year-Olds. And you'll find some of your favourite Australian authors, too.

'After you've read one, you'll want to read them all! ' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Random House , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
UFD, Paul Jennings , single work children's fiction children's

'A boy reports seeing a flying dog, but his family does not believe him. He is bet a thousand dollars if he can prove he saw one, or three years of washing if he can't.'  

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_(short_story_collection))

 (p. 1-16)
Gruesome Grandads and Nasty Nans, Jacqueline Harvey , single work children's fiction (p. 17-33)
A Giant Called Norman Mary, Colin Thompson , single work children's fiction (p. 33-50)
The Magic Carpet, Sophie Masson , single work children's fiction (p. 51-54)
Marom, Anita Bell , single work children's fiction (p. 65)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 2005 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 208p.
      ISBN: 1741660130
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 2012 .
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      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 208p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 03/12/2012
      ISBN: 9780857982247 (hardback)
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2014 .
      image of person or book cover 5420144904844832324.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 208p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12 December 2014
      ISBN: 9780857984753
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 2015 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 208p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 02/02/2015
      ISBN: 9780857988225
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Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Stories for 8 Year Olds Edited by Linsay Knight Marian McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , January 2013;
— Review of Stories for Eight Year Olds 2005 anthology children's fiction
Stories for 8 Year Olds Edited by Linsay Knight Marian McGuinness , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , January 2013;
— Review of Stories for Eight Year Olds 2005 anthology children's fiction
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