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Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
y separately published work icon Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories anthology   short story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Puffin , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Psychic Cats and Spooky Dogs, Jessica Adams , Oliver Jeffers , single work children's fiction children's (p. 1-8)
Minty and the Donkey, Maggie Alderson , single work short story children's (p. 9-21)
1975 at the Bottom of Our Garden, Philip Ardagh , single work short story children's (p. 22-30)
Soccer Freak, Felice Arena , single work short story children's (p. 31-37)
Old Tom, Leigh Hobbs , single work (p. 38)
About Last Night, Linda Aronson , single work short story children's (p. 39-50)
You Know, Ian Bone , single work (p. 50)
What Next?, Errol Broome , single work short story children's (p. 52-58)
Supernumery, Alyssa Brugman , single work children's (p. 59-60)
Santorini, Isobelle Carmody , single work short story children's (p. 62-74)
Real Viking Magic, Anna Ciddor , single work short story children's (p. 75-83)
Illustrations, David Mackintosh , single work (p. 84)
Nose Work's Revenge, Margaret Clark , single work short story children's (p. 85-98)
The Dragon's Treasure, Paul Collins , single work short story children's (p. 110-123)
My Friend Max, Anna Fienberg , single work short story children's (p. 124-140)
Roland and Eugenie, Rachel Flynn , single work children's fiction children's
Roland is the youngest of three boys and wishes he had a little sister. When he opens an old tin and releases a genie he learns you must 'be careful what you wish for'.
(p. 141-158)
Lost, Caroline Magerl , single work prose children's (p. 159)
Ten Hot Tips for Life, Cathy Freeman , single work prose children's (p. 160-162)
Frog, Jackie French , single work short story children's (p. 163-177)
Big Words - Small Rhymes, Libby Gleeson , single work prose children's (p. 178)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2005 .
      image of person or book cover 5477682176319708890.jpg
      Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
      Extent: xi, 465p.p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0143300164
      Series: y separately published work icon Kids' Night In Puffin (publisher), Melbourne : Puffin , 2003-2009 Z1336292 2003- series - publisher poetry short story children's fiction children's

      In 2003 and 2005 Penguin published Kid's Night In and Kid's Night In 2, raising nearly a million dollars in Australia alone and nearly $3 million worldwide for War Child. The first anthology was a children's bestseller, making it into the Nielsen Bookscan Top 10 in 2003, and was named a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book in 2004. Kid's Night In also triggered a War Child Australia field project, supplying more than 5000 new books donated by Australian Children's Publishers to school libraries in the Soloman Islands. A third edition in the series was published in 2009.

      Number in series: 2

Works about this Work

Kids' Night In 2 Mikaella Clements , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 25)

— Review of Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story
Something for Everyone Nicole Humphrey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 December 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories Paul Jennings , 2005 selected work ; Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story ; Me and My Dog Gary Crew , 2005 single work children's fiction
Another Feast to Take Young Minds Off War Christopher Bantick , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2005; (p. 16)

— Review of Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story
Another Feast to Take Young Minds Off War Christopher Bantick , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2005; (p. 16)

— Review of Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story
Something for Everyone Nicole Humphrey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 December 2005; (p. 14)

— Review of Paul Jennings' Funniest Stories Paul Jennings , 2005 selected work ; Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story ; Me and My Dog Gary Crew , 2005 single work children's fiction
Kids' Night In 2 Mikaella Clements , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 14 no. 1 2006; (p. 25)

— Review of Kids' Night In 2 : A Feast of Stories 2005 anthology short story
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