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y separately published work icon The Dog on the Tuckerbox single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Dog on the Tuckerbox
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'The Dog on the Tuckerbox is the story of Lady and her master Bill.

'It is the story of Australia's pioneers, the bullockies who worked the rough tracks, and of one dog's unwavering loyalty to her master.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Official launch held at Gundagai Library, 1 August 2008.

  • 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
    • Everyday drinks
    Food practices
    • Eating out - picnics
    • Food production
    Gender
    • Food production - male [outdoor fire]
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Historical
    Setting
    • Rural landscape
    Food as social cohesion
    • Relationships
    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

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Dog Books , 2008 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 2013
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: July 2008.
      ISBN: 9781742030081
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Works about this Work

Untitled Natalie Crawford , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October/November vol. 92 no. 2 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
Know the Author/Illustrator : Peter Gouldthorpe Rae Carlyle (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 14-17) 'Peter Gouldthorpe, a CBCA award winning illustrator, has been colouring the pages of Australian children's literature for nearly three decades. His literary career was launched in 1983 with the publication of Jonah and the Manly Ferry, which he both illustrated and wrote. The intervening years have seen him bring to rich visual life the words of authors such as Paul Jennings, Colin Thiele, and Gary Crew (q.q.v.). His own words, however, have remained mostly unprinted, but with the release of his latest book No Return: Captain Scott's Race to the Pole he once again fills the dual roles of author and illustrator.' (p. 14)
Untitled Maureen Mann , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 29)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
Untitled David Murphy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
The Dog on the Tuckerbox Chloe Mauger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 23 no. 3 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book Mauger discusses the history of the legend as well as applauding the 'timelessly recreated social realism' of the period which 'gives new life to an iconic Australian folk tale' in this detailed review.
Untitled Hilary Adams , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 56)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 July 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Rhyming Boy : A Novel Steven Herrick , 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
Learning to Deal with Death Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 October 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book ; Home and Away John Marsden , 2008 single work picture book ; Mending Lucille Jennifer Poulter , 2008 single work picture book
The Dog on the Tuckerbox Chloe Mauger , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 23 no. 3 2008; (p. 10)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book Mauger discusses the history of the legend as well as applauding the 'timelessly recreated social realism' of the period which 'gives new life to an iconic Australian folk tale' in this detailed review.
Untitled David Murphy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of The Dog on the Tuckerbox Corinne Fenton , 2008 single work picture book
Know the Author/Illustrator : Peter Gouldthorpe Rae Carlyle (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 14-17) 'Peter Gouldthorpe, a CBCA award winning illustrator, has been colouring the pages of Australian children's literature for nearly three decades. His literary career was launched in 1983 with the publication of Jonah and the Manly Ferry, which he both illustrated and wrote. The intervening years have seen him bring to rich visual life the words of authors such as Paul Jennings, Colin Thiele, and Gary Crew (q.q.v.). His own words, however, have remained mostly unprinted, but with the release of his latest book No Return: Captain Scott's Race to the Pole he once again fills the dual roles of author and illustrator.' (p. 14)
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