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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Real Guns
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'Real Guns confronts the topical issues of gun control and the effects of war - past and present - on returning soldiers and their families. Jon, like many young boys, is fascinated by guns. He finds a loaded pistol hidden under his parents' bed, with nearly tragic consequences.

'The close call prompts his father to explain to Jon why he needs to keep the gun, forging a much closer bond between father and son.

'Patrick Murphy's stunning illustrations are a perfect complement to Reiter's timeless story, allowing younger readers to better understand why guns are at once a necessary part of contemporary life but also a danger when they get into the wrong hands.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carindale, Camp Hill - Carina area, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,: IP Kidz , 2007 .
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication due 1 June 2007.
      ISBN: 9781876819835 (hbk.), 9781876819842 (pbk.), 9781876819842e (e-Book)
Alternative title: Echte Waffen
Language: German
    • Carindale, Camp Hill - Carina area, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,: Interactive Press , 2010 .
      image of person or book cover 8787494779976338823.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.p.
      ISBN: 9781921479458

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Works about this Work

A New Imprint, IP Kidz and Dr David Reiter Edel Wignell (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 10-11)
Untitled Joy Steward , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 36)

— Review of Real Guns David P. Reiter , 2007 single work children's fiction
Putting Guns in Their Place for Youngsters Natasha Rudra , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 June 2007; (p. 7)
Untitled Joy Steward , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 51 no. 4 2007; (p. 36)

— Review of Real Guns David P. Reiter , 2007 single work children's fiction
Putting Guns in Their Place for Youngsters Natasha Rudra , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 June 2007; (p. 7)
A New Imprint, IP Kidz and Dr David Reiter Edel Wignell (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 10-11)
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