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Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
y separately published work icon Kids' Night In anthology   children's fiction   short story   poetry   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Kids' Night In
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Notes

  • All royalties from the sale of this book go to the charity War Child, which is dedicated to improving the lives of children in war zones.
  • This collection contains works from Australian, New Zealand and UK authors.
  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Puffin , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Learning to Fly, Deborah Abela , single work short story children's (p. 1-13)
Henry's Guide to the Stars, Jessica Adams , Oliver Jeffers , single work short story children's (p. 14-23)
Bread-and Butter-Pudding, Stephanie Alexander , single work poetry (p. 23)
Smuggler Jim, Maggie Alderson , single work short story (p. 24-27)
The Dog Who Lost His Memory, James Aldridge , single work short story children's (p. 28-41)
The Cabinet of Curiosities, Philip Ardagh , single work short story children's (p. 42-51)
The Tough Guy, Allan Baillie , single work short story children's (p. 52-58)
Bjorn and the Prawn, Graeme Base , single work poetry children's (p. 59)
Sister Sock, Gavin Bishop , single work short story children's (p. 60-65)
The Last True Clown, Ian Bone , single work short story children's (p. 66-80)
Silver Circles, Sherryl Clark , single work short story children's (p. 81-83)
Pick a Boy, Judith Clarke , single work short story children's (p. 96-105)
The Last Page, Paul Collins , Sean McMullen , single work short story children's (p. 117-131)
Trusting Wawa, Bill Condon , single work short story children's (p. 132-142)
Tips for Grommets, Jodie Cooper , single work short story children's (p. 143-147)
Freddy and Fifi's Essential Guide to Sleep-overs, Meredith Costain , Leigh Hobbs , single work short story children's (p. 148-152)
Thin Ice, Andrew Daddo , single work short story children's (p. 156-169)
The House I Grew Up In, Ken Done , single work prose children's (p. 170)
Beware of the Guinea Pig, Ursula Dubosarsky , single work prose children's (p. 171-172)
On New Year's Eve, Tessa Duder , single work short story children's (p. 173-184)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2003 .
      image of person or book cover 5450259643111304024.jpg
      Source: Penguin (www.kidsnightin.com.au)
      Extent: xiii, 779p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 014330058X
      Series: y separately published work icon Kids' Night In Puffin (publisher), Melbourne : Puffin , 2003-2009 Z1336292 2003- series - publisher poetry short story children's fiction children's

      In 2003 and 2005 Penguin published Kid's Night In and Kid's Night In 2, raising nearly a million dollars in Australia alone and nearly $3 million worldwide for War Child. The first anthology was a children's bestseller, making it into the Nielsen Bookscan Top 10 in 2003, and was named a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book in 2004. Kid's Night In also triggered a War Child Australia field project, supplying more than 5000 new books donated by Australian Children's Publishers to school libraries in the Soloman Islands. A third edition in the series was published in 2009.

             Number in series: 1
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Works about this Work

Kids' Night In Edited by Jessica Adams, Juliet Partridge and Nick Earls Erin Wamala , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Untitled Tina Cavanough , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 18 no. 5 2003; (p. 32)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Stories are Definitely for the Kids Karen Hardy , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 2003; (p. 4a)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Stories Told for Charity 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Progress Leader , 27 October 2003; (p. 17)
Stories are Definitely for the Kids Karen Hardy , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 2003; (p. 4a)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Untitled Tina Cavanough , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 18 no. 5 2003; (p. 32)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Kids' Night In Edited by Jessica Adams, Juliet Partridge and Nick Earls Erin Wamala , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 2004; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Kids' Night In 2003 anthology children's fiction short story poetry
Stories Told for Charity 2003 single work column
— Appears in: Progress Leader , 27 October 2003; (p. 17)
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