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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Enigma : A Magical Mystery
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.
(Publisher's blurb)

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
    • Everyday drinks
    Food practices
    • Eating in - snack
    Gender n/a
    Signage

    n/a

    Positive/negative value

    n/a

    Food as sense of place

    n/a

    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2008 .
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      • Published October 2008
      ISBN: 9780670072019 (hbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Abrams Books for Young Readers ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 36p.p.
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      • Published: 1st September 2008
         

      ISBN: 9780810972452, 081097245X
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2016 .
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      • Published: 28th November 2016
      ISBN: 9780143782964
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Graeme Base Collection: Volume 2 Graeme Base , Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024 28476225 2024 selected work picture book

    'Discover this stunning collection of bestselling stories from the brilliant Graeme Base.

    'Get ready to explore and discover on this audio adventure that will take listeners from disastrous trips to the seaside, down to depths of the sea and from decoding puzzles to quests to find true leadership; through a whole array of characters including dragons and vampires.' (Publication summary)

    Tullamarine : Bolinda Audio Books , 2024
Alternative title: 魔法失窃之谜
Transliterated title: Mo fa shi qie zhi mi
Language: Chinese

Works about this Work

[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery David Murphy , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
Exploring Traditions Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 308 2009; (p. 54-55)

— Review of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox , 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Captain Congo and the Crocodile King Ruth Starke , 2008 single work picture book ; Molly and Her Dad Jan Ormerod , 2008 single work picture book ; Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle Glenda Millard , 2008 single work picture book
Angry Authors and Idol Poets Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29)
A column canvassing current literary news including an update on the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation. Steger also notes Alex Miller's win in the Annual Foreign Novels 21st Centuray Awards and Graeme Base's nomination in the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Lindee Nearmy , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , December no. 6 2008; (p. 3)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Katharine England , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 December 2008; (p. 9)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 2 November 2008; (p. 27)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
Enigmatic Visual Experiences Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 November 2008; (p. 18)

— Review of Just Jack Jane Tanner , 2008 single work picture book ; Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction ; The Art of Graeme Base Julie Watts , 2008 single work criticism ; The Cloudchasers David Richardson , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Nobody Owns the Moon Tohby Riddle , 2008 single work picture book
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Natalie Crawford , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 88 no. 4 2008; (p. 39)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
Colourful Job Description Chris Hook , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 November 2008; (p. 23)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
[Review] Enigma : A Magical Mystery Kerry White , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 32)

— Review of Enigma : A Magical Mystery Graeme Base , 2008 single work children's fiction
Angry Authors and Idol Poets Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 29)
A column canvassing current literary news including an update on the Productivity Commission's inquiry into parallel importation. Steger also notes Alex Miller's win in the Annual Foreign Novels 21st Centuray Awards and Graeme Base's nomination in the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
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