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'Thomas and Grandpa go the beach. It is an Australian summer. The sun is shining, the gulls are screeching and the sea is singing. Together they build a sandcastle, they have a picnic and they splash in the water. Then at the end of the day, Grandpa takes a sleepy Thomas home. In this lovely picture book for the very young, Pamela Allen gently unfolds the special relationship between grandchild and grandfather.' (Publication summary)

Notes

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 Fresh foods
Food practices	Eating out - picnics
Gender	n/a
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	n/a
Food as sense of place	n/a
Setting	Bush, beach, nature
Food as social cohesion	Family meals [picnic lunch] Relationships
Food as cultural identity	White Australian characters
Food as character identity	n/a
Food as language	n/a

Other formats: Also sound recording, audio book and braille.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Viking

Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2003 .

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Extent: 24p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 0670041572
Publisher: Puffin

Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2005 .

Extent: 1v.p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 9780143501312, 0143501313
Appears in:

y The Puffin Book of Summer Stories Melbourne : Puffin , 2018 14972321 2018 anthology picture book children's Abstract
'Celebrate the fun and freedom of the Australian summer with eight classic picture books in one beautiful volume.

Sandy toes, soaring gulls, and splashing in the waves. What’s not to love about summer? Celebrate the freedom and joy of the long, warm holidays with The Puffin Book of Summer Stories.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
Melbourne : Puffin , 2018
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2018
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pg. 37-68

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Untitled Eleanor Stodart , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 48 no. 1 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Grandpa and Thomas Pamela Allen , 2003 single work single work picture book

Untitled Kevin Steinberger , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 18 no. 5 2003; (p. 25)
— Review of Grandpa and Thomas Pamela Allen , 2003 single work single work picture book