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y separately published work icon Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy  
Is part of The Grimstones Asphyxia , 2012 series - author children's fiction (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone
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'Hello, my name is Martha Grimstone. Shall I tell you my best secret? One day I'm going to be Lady Martha the Magnificent. I don't know what my special talent is, but I hope to find it any day now. I live in a grand old house in a valley full of rare and precious herbs, which my grandfather uses to heal and comfort people. But they haven't worked on Mama; she cries a lake of tears every night. If only I could get into Grandpa Grimstone's apothecary and work my very own spell!

'Hatched is a gothic fairytale about a girl who keeps her secrets safe between two pieces of cardboard, a mother who sews garments lined with love, and a giant egg that seems to take forever to hatch.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
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      Extent: 122p.
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      • Publication date: February 2012.
      ISBN: 9781742376882 (pbk.)
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    y separately published work icon The Grimstones Collection Asphyxia , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8348821 2015 selected work children's fiction children's fantasy

    'Hello, my name is Martha Grimstone. Shall I tell you my best secret? One day I'm going to be Lady Martha the Magnificent. I don't know what my special talent is, but I hope to find it any day now. I live in a grand old house in a valley full of rare and thirsty herbs, which my grandfather uses to heal and comfort people. If only he would let me into his apothecary so I could work on my very own spells.....The Grimstones Collection contains four gothic fairytales about a giant egg, a magical doll's house, a stubborn whirlwind, and a school of very great tradition... ' (Publication summary)

         Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015
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The Grimstones - Hatched Asphyxia , 2012 single work drama children's fantasy 'Experience a compelling and magical fairytale about The Grimstone family. There is a girl who reads dreams, a baby boy with three legs, a mother who sews garments lined with warmth and joy, and a grandfather who heals people with his magic potions. Hatched celebrates the wonder of books, the acceptance of difference, family love and the simple pleasures of life.

The story is told with giant books, old-world marionettes and sign language. Gertrude Grimstone (Asphyxia) and her assistant August (Paula Dowse), the delightful story-tellers and puppeteers, interact with the puppets and have their own role to play in The Grimstones fairytale.' (Source: http://www.judithwrightcentre.com/02_cal/details.asp?ID=687 )
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Works about this Work

Asphyxia's Tale Will Take Your Breath Away Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2012; (p. 9)
Untitled Carody Culver , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone Asphyxia , 2012 single work children's fiction
Untitled Carody Culver , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2011/12 vol. 91 no. 6 2011; (p. 37)
— Review of Hatched : The Magnificently Secret Diary of Martha Grimstone Asphyxia , 2012 single work children's fiction
Asphyxia's Tale Will Take Your Breath Away Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 September 2012; (p. 9)
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