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y separately published work icon Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Once upon an orange evening, tiger-striped with blackened trees, a pig sat upon a dam bank, fondly reminiscing. Against a rural Australian setting of drought and bushfire, a little pig called Applesauce learns that Christmas comes from the heart.'

Source: Libraries Australia record

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
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    Food practices
    • Parties and entertaining
    • Food preparation
    • Food serving
    Gender
    • Food preparation - female [outdoor fire]
    • Food preparation - male [outdoor fire]
    • Food serving - female
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place n/a
    Setting
    • Rural landscape
    Food as social cohesion
    • Rituals
    • Social gatherings
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity
    • Food names [Applesauce, the pig]
    Food as language
    • Food metaphors and similes

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2008 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 01 November 2008
      ISBN: 9780733322495 (hbk.)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: ABC Books , 2014 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 20/10/2014
      ISBN: 9780733333774
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Works about this Work

The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
[Review] Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Joan Zahnleiter , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book
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
Merry Ways through Glitter, Sparkle and Joy in Yuletide Gifts of Magic Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 2008; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Princess and Fairy : A Very Sparkly Christmas Anna Pignataro , 2008 single work picture book ; Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip Jackie French , 2008 single work picture book ; An Aussie Day Before Christmas Kilmeny Niland , 2008 single work picture book ; A Bush Christmas C. J. Dennis , 2008 single work picture book ; The Twelve Days of Christmas : 1 Man, 12 Days, 78 Gifts Heath McKenzie , 2008 single work picture book ; Letters to Santa Andrew Daddo , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book
Merry Ways through Glitter, Sparkle and Joy in Yuletide Gifts of Magic Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 2008; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Princess and Fairy : A Very Sparkly Christmas Anna Pignataro , 2008 single work picture book ; Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip Jackie French , 2008 single work picture book ; An Aussie Day Before Christmas Kilmeny Niland , 2008 single work picture book ; A Bush Christmas C. J. Dennis , 2008 single work picture book ; The Twelve Days of Christmas : 1 Man, 12 Days, 78 Gifts Heath McKenzie , 2008 single work picture book ; Letters to Santa Andrew Daddo , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book
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
[Review] Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Joan Zahnleiter , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
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