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Author:agent Graeme Base

Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Enigma : A Magical Mystery

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When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.
(Publisher's blurb)

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 Everyday drinks
Food practices	Eating in - snack
Gender	n/a
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	n/a
Food as sense of place	n/a
Setting	Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion	n/a
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

Publisher: Viking

Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2008 .

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Extent: 36p.
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Published October 2008

ISBN: 9780670072019 (hbk.)
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Abrams Books for Young Readers , 2008 .

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Extent: 36p.p.
Description: col. illus.

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Published: 1st September 2008

ISBN: 9780810972452, 081097245X
Publisher: Penguin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2016 .

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Extent: 36p.
Description: col. illus.

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Published: 28th November 2016

ISBN: 9780143782964

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[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery David Murphy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

Exploring Traditions Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 308 2009; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox , 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Captain Congo and the Crocodile King Ruth Starke , 2008 single work picture book ; Molly and Her Dad Jan Ormerod , 2008 single work picture book ; Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book

Angry Authors and Idol Poets Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29)

[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Lindee Nearmy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , December no. 6 2008; (p. 3)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 December 2008; (p. 9)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 November 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

Enigmatic Visual Experiences Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of Just Jack Jane Tanner , 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Art of Graeme Base Julie Watts , 2008 single work criticism ; The Cloudchasers David Richardson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Nobody Owns the Moon Tohby Riddle , 2008 single work picture book

[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Natalie Crawford , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 88 no. 4 2008; (p. 39)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

Colourful Job Description Chris Hook , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 November 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction

[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Kerry White , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction