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Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
y separately published work icon Kids' Night In 3 : A Sea of Stories and Oceans of Other Stuff anthology   short story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Kids' Night In 3 : A Sea of Stories and Oceans of Other Stuff
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'From the bottom of the sea to the highest mountain, there's a story here for everyone...

'Kids' Night In 3 might just be the most amazing collection of stories ever. And every copy you buy helps to raise money for War Child, the aid organisation that helps children all over the world, affected by war.

'It's an ocean of bedtime stories, poetry, recipes, hilarious cartoons and cool art to explore!' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lost Inside the Internet, by Matthew Wilde (As Told to Jessica Adams), Jessica Adams , single work short story children's (p. 1-16)
Pointing Out the Obvious, Oliver Jeffers , single work short story children's (p. 17)
Minty and the Willow Pattern Plate, Maggie Alderson , single work short story children's (p. 18-40)
Carrot Muffins with Garlic Butter, Stephanie Alexander , single work short story children's (p. 41-43)
A Cats' Guide to Dog Types, Stephen Axelsen , single work short story (p. 44-45)
Big Trouble, Richard Berry , single work short story children's (p. 46-49)
Stitches, Ian Bone , single work short story children's (p. 50-60)
The Three Fs Day, Paul Collins , single work short story children's (p. 61-67)
Hair Trouble, Meredith Costain , Mitch Vane , single work short story (p. 68-69)
Mitch Gantree Bows Out, Barry Divola , single work short story children's (p. 70-87)
Draw a Leaf, Ursula Dubosarsky , single work short story children's (p. 88-89)
My Friend Stephanie, Mary-Anne Fahey , single work short story children's (p. 88-89)
Whoosh, Gus Gordon , single work children's (p. 106)
The Wizard of Aus., Mary-Anne Fahey , single work short story children's (p. 107-137)
The Wild Boar, Anna Fienberg , single work short story children's (p. 138-157)
Official Judges' Report for the Meathead Middle School Poetry Competition, Pat Flynn , single work short story children's (p. 158-164)
Pop Science, Gregory Rogers , single work children's (p. 165)
The Race, Pat Flynn , single work short story children's (p. 166-173)
Roland Barrington, Lisa Forrest , single work short story children's (p. 174-195)
Jordan Rain, Richard Frankland , single work short story children's (p. 196-200)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2009 .
      image of person or book cover 2475557677362614164.jpg
      Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
      Extent: 504p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 9780143304456 (pbk.)
      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: 3
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Works about this Work

[Untitled] Michael Janssen-Gibson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 24 no. 5 2009; (p. 34)
— Review of Kids' Night In 3 : A Sea of Stories and Oceans of Other Stuff 2009 anthology short story
[Untitled] Michael Janssen-Gibson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 24 no. 5 2009; (p. 34)
— Review of Kids' Night In 3 : A Sea of Stories and Oceans of Other Stuff 2009 anthology short story
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