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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'In a big, big city, in a tiny, tiny apartment, lived a tall, tall man and twelve babies.

'All the boys were called Alistair. All the girls were called Charlene.

'One day the door slams shut ... with the Charlenes on one side and the Alistairs on the other.

'What will the tall man do?' (From the publisher's website.)

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
    • Fresh foods
    Food practices
    • Eating in - meal
    • Food serving
    Gender
    • Food serving - male
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Normalising the fantastical
    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    Food as social cohesion
    • Family meals
    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

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Written as: Tom Niland Champion
      Reprinted: 2011 , 2012
      ISBN: 9781742371153 (hbk.)
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2016 .
      Extent: 1 vol.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2017
      ISBN: 9781925266252, 1925266257
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Works about this Work

Book of the Year : Early Childhood : Honour 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. 9-10)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book ; Look See, Look at Me Leonie Robin Norrington , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
Judged By More than Their Covers Katharine England , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)
Warm Humour, with a Cool Spot Meg Sorensen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book ; Feathers for Phoebe Rod Clement , 2010 single work picture book ; Maudie and Bear Jan Ormerod , 2010 single work picture book ; The Cat's Pyjamas Wallace Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; Hetty's Day Out Pamela Allen , 2010 single work picture book
[Review] The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Moira Robinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 November 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Anne Copeland , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , November vol. 90 no. 4 2010; (p. 43)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
[Review] The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Moira Robinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
Warm Humour, with a Cool Spot Meg Sorensen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 February 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book ; Feathers for Phoebe Rod Clement , 2010 single work picture book ; Maudie and Bear Jan Ormerod , 2010 single work picture book ; The Cat's Pyjamas Wallace Edwards , 2010 single work picture book ; Hetty's Day Out Pamela Allen , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled H. M. Saxby , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies Tom Champion , Kilmeny Niland , 2010 single work picture book
Judged By More than Their Covers Katharine England , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51)
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