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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Legend of the Golden Snail
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'The Golden Snail has been banished to the ends of the earth and Wilbur sets out on a mission to free it. Along the way he makes friends who save him from rough seas and mazes of madness, returning him safely home.' (From the publisher's website.)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Gallant Captain Graeme Base , ( dir. Graeme Base et. al. )agent Australia : The Lampshade Collective , 2013 7803856 2013 single work film/TV

When Will discovers a box of memories in his father’s wardrobe, he embarks on a fantastic seafaring voyage. With his trusty first mate Cat in tow Will’s vivid imagination begins to unravel. Faced with certain peril, Will must learn to become the Gallant Captain.

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Notes

  • Ages 4-8.

  • 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 drinks
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    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
    • Imagining food
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2010 .
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      Extent: 1v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Maps on endpapers. Mini booklet, including flaps, attached to title page.
      • Publication date: 27 September 2010.
      ISBN: 9780670073498
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 2019 .
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      Extent: 48p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 19th March 2019
      ISBN: 9780143789413
  • 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: 航海小英雄
Transliterated title: Hang hai xiao ying xiong
Language: Chinese
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Works about this Work

Children's Author Graeme Base Gets Animated Andrew P. Street , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 September 2014; (p. 30)
Untitled David Murphy , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Tali Lavi , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 31)
— Review of The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Success Down to a Fine Art Marc McEvoy , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 November 2010; (p. 6-7)
Mirroring the World Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 326 2010; (p. 79-80)
— Review of Mirror Jeannie Baker , 2010 single work picture book ; The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book ; Twinkle Nick Bland , 2010 single work picture book ; Queen Victoria's Underpants Jackie French , 2010 single work picture book ; Monster Andrew Daddo , 2010 single work picture book ; Potato Music Christina Booth , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Bronwyn McNulty , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 5 September 2010; (p. 18)
— Review of The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Under Age Frances Atkinson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 October 2010; (p. 21)
— Review of A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems Lorraine Marwood , 2010 selected work poetry ; The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Review : Children's Fiction Jane Fynes-Clinton , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 - 10 October 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Imagine If ... Stephanie Owen Reeder , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 October 2010; (p. 36)
— Review of A Crash of Rhinos Patricia Mullins , 2010 single work picture book ; The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book ; My Uncle's Donkey Tohby Riddle , 2010 single work picture book ; Shake a Leg Boori Pryor , 2010 single work picture book
[Review] The Legend of the Golden Snail Thuy On , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 90 no. 2 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of The Legend of the Golden Snail Graeme Base , 2010 single work picture book
Inspiring Passages Fiona Purdon , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 October 2010; (p. 57)
Success Down to a Fine Art Marc McEvoy , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 21 November 2010; (p. 6-7)
Children's Author Graeme Base Gets Animated Andrew P. Street , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 September 2014; (p. 30)
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