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y separately published work icon Mr McGee and the Biting Flea single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Is part of Mr McGee Pamela Allen , 1987 series - author picture book
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Mr McGee and the Biting Flea
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''Mr McGee went out to play, down to the beach one windy day,' the story begins. His happy mood is spoilt when he is bitten by a flea, a flea that he can't get rid of. The only solution is to take off all his clothes and jump into the sea because of course, fleas don't like the sea. Mr McGee and the flea are finally separated and the flea moves on to the hair of a dog instead. The pictures tell the story as well as the text.' (Publication summary)
 

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  • Adapted as a children's theatre production with the same title by Patch Theatre Company, Adelaide (directed by Dave Brown).

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    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1998 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 28p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: Jun 2023
      ISBN: 0670880353 (hbk.)
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