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Is part of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 series - author picture book (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Very Cranky Bear
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In the jingle jangle jungle on a wet and windy day, four little friends meet a very cranky bear. Can they cheer him up?

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y separately published work icon Cranky Bear 2018 14002797 2018 single work drama children's

'Inspired by the award-winning best-selling book, The Very Cranky Bear, by Nick Bland.

'Zebra, Lion and Moose each think they know how to solve the Bear's crankiness, but their shenanigans just make him even crankier! It takes a humble and empathetic Sheep with an open heart and listening ear to solve the Bear's woes.

'Cranky Bear is a rollicking cabaret-style show for 4 - 8 year olds packed with music, laughter and mayhem.'

Source: Patch Theatre.

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  • Picture book in verse form.
  • The Very Cranky Bear was the chosen title for National Simultaneous Storytime, 23 May 2012.
  • Number 19 on the Better Reading's 2022 Top 50 Kids Books

    Number 44 on the Better Reading's Top 50 Kids Books 2023

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2008 .
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      Extent: 22p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781741691344 (hbk.)
    • Lindfield, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scholastic Australia , 2018 .
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      Extent: 21p.p.
      Edition info: 10th anniversary ed.
      ISBN: 9781742993270
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Very Cranky Bear Stories Nick Bland , Nick Bland (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2021 21966791 2021 selected work picture book

    'Three stories in one! The Very Cranky Bear, The Very Hungry Bear and The Very Noisy Bear. Find out what happens in these three favourite stories by bestselling picture book creator, Nick Bland.' (Publication summary)

         Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2021
Alternative title: 짜증난 곰 을 달래는 법
Transliterated title: Tchajŭngnan kom ŭl tallaenŭn pŏp
Language: Korean
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      Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       K'idŭk K'idŭk ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 21p.p.
      ISBN: 9788956054957, 8956054959
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Works about this Work

Key to Early Learning Is in Translation 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 October no. 712 2019; (p. 19)
The Magical World of Books Liz Walsh , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 18 August 2013; (p. 74)
The Last Word : Nick Bland 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: InCite , 1 May vol. 34 no. 5 2013; (p. 34-35)
National Simultaneous Storytime Cathy Hilder , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 33 no. 9 2012; (p. 9-19)
Reading in Unison Matt Buchanan , Scott Ellis , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 May 2012; (p. 18)
Untitled Robin Morrow , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 87 no. 9 2008; (p. 61)
— Review of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book
[Untitled] Jane Connolly , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book
Rhymes and Romps Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 February 2009; (p. 18)
— Review of Me and You Janet A. Holmes , 2008 single work picture book ; The Pocket Dogs Go on Holiday Margaret Wild , 2008 single work picture book ; Cheeky Monkey Andrew Daddo , 2008 single work picture book ; Sunday Chutney Aaron Blabey , 2008 single work picture book ; The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book ; Can You Keep a Secret? : Timeless Rhymes to Share and Treasure 2008 selected work poetry
Untitled David Murphy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 20)
— Review of The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland , 2008 single work picture book
A Bear, a Bloke and a Really Good Book 2012 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , May vol. 33 no. 5 2012; (p. 5-6) InCite reports on the choice of Nick Bland's The Very Cranky Bear for National Simultaneous Storytime 2012. The article also notes some of Bland's literary activities in Darwin (where Bland has been living since 2004).
Reading in Unison Matt Buchanan , Scott Ellis , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 May 2012; (p. 18)
National Simultaneous Storytime Cathy Hilder , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: InCite , September vol. 33 no. 9 2012; (p. 9-19)
The Last Word : Nick Bland 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: InCite , 1 May vol. 34 no. 5 2013; (p. 34-35)
The Magical World of Books Liz Walsh , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 18 August 2013; (p. 74)
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