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'One day a man invented the best toy in the world. He gave the toy to his son. The boy thought the toy was marvellous. It could do anything!

'But as time passed, the boy started to wonder about the toy. Was it really the best toy in the world?' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Viking

Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2010 .

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Cover image courtesy of Penguin Books Australia.

Extent: 36p.
Description: col. illus.

Note/s:

Publication date: 3 May 2010.

ISBN: 9780670073627 (hbk.)
Publisher: Puffin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2014 .

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Cover image courtesy of publisher.

Extent: 35p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 9780143506041

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