y separately published work icon A Hobby for Mrs Arbuckle single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 A Hobby for Mrs Arbuckle
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Mrs. Arbuckle needed a hobby. She had Mr. A. and the gingernut cat but they didn't fill her life completely. So, she and the cat looked in the paper for ideas. And soon afterwards they set off to find just the right hobby for Mrs. Arbuckle.

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    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking Kestrel , 1989 .
      Extent: 29p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 067082383X
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hamish Hamilton ,       1989 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0241126495
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1990 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0140541527 (pbk.)
      Series: Picture Puffins Omnibus/Puffin (publisher), series - publisher
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y separately published work icon A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle Gwenda Smyth , Ann James (illustrator), West Melbourne : Nelson , 1981 Z667765 1981 single work picture book children's humour Mrs Emmeline Arbuckle decided she wanted a pet. She asked the gingernut cat from down the street who suggested that she advertise which she did and found herself interviewing some most unusual applicants.
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Untitled Kate Wootton , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 29)
— Review of A Hobby for Mrs Arbuckle Gwenda Smyth , 1989 single work picture book
Untitled Kate Wootton , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 29)
— Review of A Hobby for Mrs Arbuckle Gwenda Smyth , 1989 single work picture book
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