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Alternative title: A Bit of a Hitch and Other Stories
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 A Bit of a Hitch
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'JUST IMAGINE...You're baby-sitting a clutch of very unusual eggs and they start to hatch. The whole town wants to meet the imaginary Aunt you invented! You get a phone call from a complete stranger on the other side of the world! A day-old chick thinks you're its mum and won't leave you alone! You will find these and many other hitches inside this book. Mary Steele's tales are packed with everyday people finding themselves in the strangest situations. Sometimes hilarious, often thought-provoking, A Bit of a Hitch is another serving of eccentricity and delights from this award-winning author.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Hyland House , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Bit of a Hitch, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
The Crossing, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
Lulu, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
Aunt Millicent, Mary Steele , single work short story

An eccentric family invent for themselves a fascinating aunt.

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
Bate, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
Staying with the Slingsbys, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction
New Brooms, Mary Steele , single work children's fiction

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Hyland House , 1995 .
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      Extent: [viii],160p.p.
      Description: illus. (b & w)
      Reprinted: 1996
      ISBN: 1875657584 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Gillian Swan , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 39-40)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1996 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 3-11)
Stories Tailored to Our Times Margaret Dunkle , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 58-59)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction ; Mind's Eye Jackie French , 1996 selected work children's fiction ; Lucky Break Sophie Masson , 1996 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 10 no. 5 1995; (p. 38)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Stella Lees , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 39 no. 4 1995; (p. 28)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Mandy Cheetham , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 10 no. 5 1995; (p. 38)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Gillian Swan , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 39-40)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
Ten Little Australians for Middle-Aged Children Heather Scutter , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , November vol. 7 no. 3-4 1995; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Foxspell Gillian Rubinstein , 1994 single work novel ; The White Guinea-Pig Ursula Dubosarsky , 1994 single work novel ; Somewhere Around the Corner Jackie French , 1994 single work children's fiction ; Jake and Pete Gillian Rubinstein , 1995 selected work children's fiction ; Way Home Libby Hathorn , 1994 single work picture book ; Featherbys Mary Steele , 1993 single work novel ; A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction ; The Magic Caravan Paty Marshall-Stace , 1995 single work children's fiction ; Ark in the Park Wendy Orr , 1994 single work children's fiction ; Power and Glory Emily Rodda , 1994 single work picture book ; The White Guinea-Pig Ursula Dubosarsky , 1994 single work novel
Stories Tailored to Our Times Margaret Dunkle , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 58-59)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction ; Mind's Eye Jackie French , 1996 selected work children's fiction ; Lucky Break Sophie Masson , 1996 selected work children's fiction
Untitled Stella Lees , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 39 no. 4 1995; (p. 28)

— Review of A Bit of a Hitch Mary Steele , 1995 selected work children's fiction
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 1996 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 3-11)
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