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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Wombat Stew
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'In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gum nuts in his wombat stew, and the result is - a stew the dingo will never forget!' (Source: Publisher's website)

Adaptations

Wombat Stew Gary Young , Paul Keelan (composer), 2010 single work musical theatre

Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

This work has teaching resources.

Teacher’s notes from publisher’s website.

Notes

  • Wombat Stew was the chosen title for National Simultaneous Storytime, 2 September 2005.
  • An accompanying Wombat Stew Cookbook by Marcia Vaughan and illustrated by Pamela Lofts was published in 1989.
  • Number 33 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

    Number 42 on the Better Reading's Top 50 Kids Books 2023

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has translations in Japanese, Chinese, and Indonesian.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Ashton Scholastic , 1984 .
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      Extent: 30p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0868962856
    • Morristown, New Jersey,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Silver Burdett ,
      1986 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0382092112
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Ashton Scholastic , 1987 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • 1 large book accompanied by 4 identical smaller books plus 1 Teaching notes by Rita Bishop
      ISBN: 0868962627 (Big book), 0868962589 (Small book)
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2014 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Edition info: 30th Anniversary Edition
      ISBN: 9781743621820 (hardback), 9781743621837 (paperback)
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2019 .
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      Extent: 32p.p.
      Edition info: 35th anniversary ed.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2019.
      ISBN: 9781743830147
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2024 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: 40th anniversary edition
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 August 2024
      ISBN: 9781761290688
Alternative title: Wombat Soep
Language: Dutch
    • Louvain, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe,: Infodok , 1990 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      ISBN: 9065653996

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording and large print.

Works about this Work

[Review] Wombat Stew Joanna Kabanova , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , June no. 9 2009; (p. 7)

— Review of Wombat Stew Marcia Kay Vaughan , 1984 single work picture book
Starting Points for ESL Teaching Judith Craze , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1993; (p. 16-17)
[Review] Wombat Stew Stella Lees , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 98 1986; (p. 25-26)

— Review of Wombat Stew Marcia Kay Vaughan , 1984 single work picture book
[Review] Wombat Stew Joanna Kabanova , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , June no. 9 2009; (p. 7)

— Review of Wombat Stew Marcia Kay Vaughan , 1984 single work picture book
[Review] Wombat Stew Stella Lees , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , January no. 98 1986; (p. 25-26)

— Review of Wombat Stew Marcia Kay Vaughan , 1984 single work picture book
Starting Points for ESL Teaching Judith Craze , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 1 no. 2 1993; (p. 16-17)
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