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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Ned Kelly, hospitalised at the beginning of summer, receives a visit from a bee, who magically shrinks him to her own size and carries him back to the hive.

Notes

  • Dedication: To Jane and Margaret, my daughters, who talked me into writing this story.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Jonathan Cape ,
      1978 .
      image of person or book cover 2838903194743329181.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 120p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0224016008
    • Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Penguin ,
      1980 .
      Extent: 120p.
      Edition info: Puffin paper ed.
      Reprinted: 1982
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      David R. Godine ,
      1981 .
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      Extent: 120p.p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      ISBN: 0879233389 (hbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Avon Books ,
      1985 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 112p.p.
      ISBN: 038069848X (pbk)
Alternative title: La cite des abeilles
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Flammarion ,
      1981 .
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      Extent: 215p.

Works about this Work

Works of Fiction that Are of Value in Teaching Biology Eleanor Stodart , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 83 1982; (p. 5-14)
Eleanor Stodart looks at Australian and overseas children's fiction about the natural world and analyses how satisfying they are as works of fiction and how well they depict and teach nature.
Untitled David English , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 27 1980; (p. 20)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 43)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled E. Finnin , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 1979; (p. 21)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled E. Finnin , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 1979; (p. 21)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled David English , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 27 1980; (p. 20)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April vol. 71 no. 1979; (p. 43)

— Review of Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees Thomas Keneally , 1978 single work children's fiction
Works of Fiction that Are of Value in Teaching Biology Eleanor Stodart , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 83 1982; (p. 5-14)
Eleanor Stodart looks at Australian and overseas children's fiction about the natural world and analyses how satisfying they are as works of fiction and how well they depict and teach nature.
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