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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Toppling
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'Now that John's best friend is sick, hanging out with his pals isn't the same. But what can they do? A kid-friendly story of silliness, sadness, and solidarity. John lives for that satisfying clink of dominoes as they topple in a perfectly timed rhythm of his own design. His sister thinks he's a dork, but all he cares about is setting the world record for knocking down dominoes -- that and hanging out with his best friends at school. But when his closest friend, Dom, gets sick and ends up in the hospital, John and the gang are left behind, wondering what to do for him. Author Sally Murphy shows what a group of friends, together with an unlikely ally, will do to keep the world of one of their own from toppling.' (Publication summary)

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Talking to Sally Murphy about Verse Novels and Writing in General Rayma Turton , 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 4-6)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2011 : Book of the Year : Younger Readers - Short List Books 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 6)

— Review of Henry Hoey Hobson Christine Bongers , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Duck for a Day Megan McKinlay , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Toppling Sally Murphy , 2010 single work children's fiction
Judged By More than Their Covers Katharine England , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)
[Review] The Littlest Witch Chris Dayman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 30)

— Review of Toppling Sally Murphy , 2010 single work children's fiction
Murphy's Lore Prized as the Premier's Pick for Children Rosemary Sorensen , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 September 2010; (p. 8)
Untitled Christine Horsfield , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 36)

— Review of Toppling Sally Murphy , 2010 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Littlest Witch Chris Dayman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 30)

— Review of Toppling Sally Murphy , 2010 single work children's fiction
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2011 : Book of the Year : Younger Readers - Short List Books 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 6)

— Review of Henry Hoey Hobson Christine Bongers , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Duck for a Day Megan McKinlay , 2010 single work children's fiction ; Toppling Sally Murphy , 2010 single work children's fiction
Murphy's Lore Prized as the Premier's Pick for Children Rosemary Sorensen , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 September 2010; (p. 8)
Judged By More than Their Covers Katharine England , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)
Talking to Sally Murphy about Verse Novels and Writing in General Rayma Turton , 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 30 no. 1 2015; (p. 4-6)
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