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y separately published work icon The Magic Hat single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Magic Hat
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'A magic hat tumbles into town, wreaking havoc wherever it lands.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Adaptations

The Magic Hat Ali Gordon , Scott Gillespie , Sarah Lockwood , Carolyn Ramsey , 2010 single work drama children's

'In this charming adaptation of Mem Fox’s best–selling picture book, follow the surprising journey of a magic hat as it flies through your imagination changing dullardry into delight. See Mem Fox’s lyrical story told and retold through shadow puppetry, song, rhythm and movement by three blundering clowns.

'You have to believe it to see it as the stage action transforms into a cacophony of unruly animals, tamed only by your imagination.'

Source: Monkey Baa Theatre Company (2014 production) (http://monkeybaa.com.au/show/the-magic-hat/). (Sighted: 16/5/2014)

Notes

  • The Magic Hat was the chosen title for National Simultaneous Storytime, 6 September 2007.
  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Everyday foods
    Food practices
    • Food production
    • Food selling
    Gender
    • Food selling - male
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Urban
    Setting
    • Urban landscape
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2017 .
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      Alternative title: Magic Hat 15th Anniversary Edition
      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: 15th anniversary edition
      Note/s:
      • Published 1st November 2017

      ISBN: 9781742764573
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Omnibus Books , 2022 .
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      Extent: 32p.
      Edition info: 20th Anniversary edition
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 June 2022

      ISBN: 9781761207754

Works about this Work

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
National Simultaneous Storytime 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , October vol. 28 no. 10 2007; (p. 8-10)
National Simultaneous Storytime 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , August vol. 28 no. 8 2007; (p. 27)
The Gift of Reading Bernadette Condren , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 December 2003; (p. 7)
[Review] The Magic Hat Bronwyn Fryar , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 39)

— Review of The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book
[Review] The Magic Hat Bronwyn Fryar , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 39)

— Review of The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book
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
Hard Covers Fiona Capp , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 April 2002; (p. 9)

— Review of The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book
Picture Books Katharine England , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2002; (p. 21)

— Review of The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book ; The Potato People Pamela Allen , 2001 single work picture book ; A Year on Our Farm Penny Matthews , 2002 single work picture book
[Review] The Magic Hat 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 21 April vol. 107 no. 16 2002; (p. 24)

— Review of The Magic Hat Mem Fox , 2002 single work picture book
The Gift of Reading Bernadette Condren , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 December 2003; (p. 7)
National Simultaneous Storytime 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , August vol. 28 no. 8 2007; (p. 27)
National Simultaneous Storytime 2007 2007 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , October vol. 28 no. 10 2007; (p. 8-10)
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