y separately published work icon The Boy Who Painted the Sun single work   picture book   children's  
Is part of Kestrel Books series - publisher Sun Glider Series series - publisher Picture Puffins series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 The Boy Who Painted the Sun
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

The boy missed the colours of the farm he had left behind and closed his eyes to the sadness and drabness of the city until, one day, his mother bought him a paintbox.

Notes

  • From an original idea by Geoff Hocking.
  • Greater Glider publication of this book also available in kit form with audio cassette and playscript.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1983 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 1984 , 1985 , 1988
      ISBN: 0722660529
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1985 .
      Extent: 30p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 014050544X
    • Maleny, Maleny area, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, South East Queensland, Queensland,: Greater Glider , 1991 .
      Extent: 44p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 2004
      ISBN: 0947304061
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Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

The Boy Who Painted the Sun Jill Morris , 1984 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 93 1984; (p. 19)
Untitled Walter McVitty , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 91 1984; (p. 35)
— Review of The Boy Who Painted the Sun Jill Morris , 1983 single work picture book
Untitled Walter McVitty , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 91 1984; (p. 35)
— Review of The Boy Who Painted the Sun Jill Morris , 1983 single work picture book
The Boy Who Painted the Sun Jill Morris , 1984 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 93 1984; (p. 19)
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