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Issue Details: First known date: 1917... 1917 Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll
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'Portrays the innocent misdemeanors of Molly and her doll through an amusing, anecdotal story of the gradual destruction through "adventures" of the much-loved Woodeny. Woodeny survives a series of potential usurpers in her young owner's affections to the point where she is sans arms, legs, hair—even face' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Fiction 214).

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Nelson ,       1923 .
      Alternative title: The Adventures of Woodeny : The Story of a Doll
      Extent: 121p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1938
      Note/s:
      • "First issued under the title of Little Miss Anzac."
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y separately published work icon Elka-Reva-Ree : A Story For Children Ada A. Holman , Sydney : Edwards, Dunlop and Company , 1931 Z999638 1931 single work picture book children's '[C]ontinues the domestic crises of Molly [from Little Miss Anzac], still accompanied by Woodeny. They include going to the beach where the inquisitive Molly has her finger caught in a wooden seat, and playing her own interminable tunes on the piano to a frantic father' (Oxford Comanion to Australian Children's Literature 214).
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Works about this Work

Hidden Treasures Sally Pryor , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 18)
The 'Adwentures' of a Book : 'Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll' Barbara Olds , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 32 2010; (p. 15-16)
Little Miss Anzac 1918 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 August vol. 8 no. 9 1918; (p. 370)
— Review of Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll Ada A. Holman , 1917 single work children's fiction
Little Miss Anzac 1918 single work review
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 1 August vol. 8 no. 9 1918; (p. 370)
— Review of Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll Ada A. Holman , 1917 single work children's fiction
Hidden Treasures Sally Pryor , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 June 2011; (p. 18)
The 'Adwentures' of a Book : 'Little Miss Anzac : The True Story of an Australian Doll' Barbara Olds , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 32 2010; (p. 15-16)
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