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'On the planet Blipp, beyond the stars, beyond the sun and moon, The world is ruled by music - but tradition called the tune. So begins the cosmic musical tale of Sprocc, a young Splingtwanger-player who leaves his home planet, Blipp, in search of musical freedom. Lured by the promise of fame and fortune, Sprocc enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition and is launched skywards on an adventure of truly intergalactic proportions.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

Included in the 2000 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Viking

Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1999 .

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Extent: 48p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 0670865656
Publisher: Puffin

London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Puffin , 2001 .

Extent: 1 v.p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 0140565876 (pbk.), 9780140565874 (pbk.)
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y Graeme Base Collection: Volume 2 Graeme Base , Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024 28476225 2024 selected work picture book Abstract
'Discover this stunning collection of bestselling stories from the brilliant Graeme Base.

'Get ready to explore and discover on this audio adventure that will take listeners from disastrous trips to the seaside, down to depths of the sea and from decoding puzzles to quests to find true leadership; through a whole array of characters including dragons and vampires.' (Publication summary)
Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024
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Translator: Chloë Moncomble

Note: 'Adapted by Gérard Moncomble.'

Alternative title: Le groupe le plus nul de l'univers : une histoire musicale cosmique

Language: French

Publisher: De La Martinière Jeunesse

Paris,
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France,
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Western Europe, Europe,: De La Martinière Jeunesse , 1999 .

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Extent: 48 p.p.
Description: col. illus.

Note/s:

Includes CD.

ISBN: 2732425419, 9782732425412

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A Creative Thirst for Life in the Wild Frances Atkinson , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 4 June 2011; (p. 11)

Untitled Shane Symonds , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 1 2000; (p. 11)
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book

Cover Book : The Worst Band in the Universe : A Totally Cosmic Musical Adventure Nola Allen , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 25)

Untitled John Cohen , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 43 no. 3 1999; (p. 22)
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book

Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 7 no. 4 1999; (p. 38)
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book

Alchemist Michael Fitzgerald , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Time Australia , 20 September 1999; (p. 70 - 71)
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book

Picture Books Kerry White , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Bookphilenewsletter , October no. 4 1999; (p. 3)
— Review of The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book

The Gift of Wonder Margaret Dunkle , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 44)
— Review of The Famous Wispy Bell Gwenda Smyth , 1999 single work picture book ; The Worst Band in the Universe Graeme Base , 1999 single work picture book ; Once Upon a Place Robert Ingpen , 1999 single work picture book