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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
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Twelve humorous rhymes for children in which Sister Madge Mappin narrates the exploits of the inhabitants of the Convent of Our Lady of Immense Proportions, and their supernatural powers.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 1986 .
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: col. illus., illus. on lining papers.
      Reprinted: 1989 Paperback ed. , 1990
      ISBN: 186291057X, 0949641626
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2002 .
      Extent: 70p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • 'Special bumper edition with extra nuns!'
      ISBN: 0143300148

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Sister Madge’s Book of Nuns by Doug MacLeod Vicki Thornton , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2012;

— Review of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry
Welcoming Back Picture Books from Years Past Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Louise Builds a House Louise Pfanner , 1987 single work picture book ; Hist! C. J. Dennis , 1991 single work picture book ; Luke's Way of Looking Nadia Wheatley , 1999 single work picture book ; Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book ; The Butterfly : From a Tiny Wingbeat to a Tornado Roger Vaughan Carr , 1996 single work picture book
Sister Madge's Reincarnation Jo Goodman , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 16)
The Sister Madge Letters Doug MacLeod , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 2 no. 3 1987; (p. 4-6)
Doug MacLeod talks about the creation of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns, and shares some of the letters sent between himself, Omnibus Books and Sister Madge before publication of the book.
The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists Jo Goodman , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13)
Welcoming Back Picture Books from Years Past Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Louise Builds a House Louise Pfanner , 1987 single work picture book ; Hist! C. J. Dennis , 1991 single work picture book ; Luke's Way of Looking Nadia Wheatley , 1999 single work picture book ; Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book ; The Butterfly : From a Tiny Wingbeat to a Tornado Roger Vaughan Carr , 1996 single work picture book
Australian Children's Book Awards : The 1987 shortlist Margaret Dunkle , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 29-32)

— Review of Riverman Allan Baillie , 1986 single work novel ; Creatures in the Beard Margaret Wild , 1986 single work picture book ; Kojuro and the Bears Helen Smith (translator), 1987 single work picture book ; The Wild Bob Graham , 1986 single work picture book ; All About Anna and Harriet and Christopher and Me Libby Hathorn , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Melissa's Ghost Michael Dugan , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Blue Days Donna Sharp , 1986 single work novel ; Space Demons Gillian Rubinstein , 1986 single work novel ; Taronga Victor Kelleher , 1986 single work novel ; My Sister Sif Ruth Park , 1986 single work novel ; All We Know Simon French , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Animalia Graeme Base , 1986 single work picture book ; Farmer Schulz's Ducks Colin Thiele , 1986 single work picture book ; Pigs Might Fly Emily Rodda , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry ; Boss of the Pool Robin Klein , 1986 single work children's fiction ; Murgatroyd's Garden Judy Zavos , 1986 single work picture book ; The Nativity Ron Lander , 1986 single work picture book
A Fun Collection of Nuns and Nonsense Eleanor Stodart , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 December 1986; (p. 3)

— Review of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry
Untitled 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 91 1987; (p. 30)

— Review of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry
Untitled Margaret McLaren , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Review Bulletin , vol. 87 no. 1 1987; (p. 32)

— Review of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns Doug MacLeod , 1986 selected work poetry
The Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1987 : The Short Lists Jo Goodman , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 2 no. 2 1987; (p. 12-13)
The Sister Madge Letters Doug MacLeod , 1987 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 2 no. 3 1987; (p. 4-6)
Doug MacLeod talks about the creation of Sister Madge's Book of Nuns, and shares some of the letters sent between himself, Omnibus Books and Sister Madge before publication of the book.
Sister Madge's Reincarnation Jo Goodman , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 17 no. 2 2002; (p. 16)
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