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y separately published work icon My Dad Thinks He's Funny single work   picture book   children's   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 My Dad Thinks He's Funny
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My dad doesn’t like babysitting. He says no one should sit on babies. My dad doesn’t eat seafood. He says there’s something fishy about it. My dad doesn’t lie in bed. He says you should always tell the truth. My dad thinks he’s funny. 

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
    • Discretionary foods
    • High sugar foods
    • Processed foods
    Food practices
    • Eating in - meal
    • Eating in - snack
    • Food preparation
    • Food serving
    Gender
    • Food serving - male
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Domestic
    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

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Dog Books , 2010 .
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      Extent: 31p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2010

      ISBN: 9781742031217 (hbk.), 1742031218
    • Somerville, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Candlewick Press ,
      2013 .
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      Extent: 32 p. [unnumbered]p.
      Edition info: 1st US ed.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 9 April 2013

      ISBN: 9780763665227, 0763665223
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Walker Books [London] ,
      2013 .
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      Extent: 30 p. [unnumbered]p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 2 May 2013

      ISBN: 9781406347302, 1406347302
    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Walker Books Australia , 2014 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1vp.
      Edition info: Miniature ed.
      Note/s:
      • For primary school age.
      ISBN: 9781922244468 (hbk), 1922244465

Works about this Work

Children's Books Stephen Romei , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 December 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of The 26-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths , 2012 single work children's fiction ; There is a Monster under My Bed Who Farts Tim Miller , 2012 single work picture book ; Come Down, Cat! Sonya Hartnett , 2011 single work picture book ; In the Lion James Foley , 2012 single work picture book ; Sam the Cat : A True Story Sam Bowring , 2012 single work picture book ; Peggy : A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure Anna Walker , 2012 single work picture book ; The Very Hungry Bear Nick Bland , 2012 single work picture book ; One Very Tired Wombat Renée Treml , 2012 single work picture book ; Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky , 2012 single work picture book ; My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book ; The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Arthur Baysting , Justine Clarke , 2012 single work picture book
Homespun Tales Strike Chord with Readers Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 May 2011; (p. 15)
Kid Flicks Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 May 2011; (p. 24)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
My Dad Thinks He’s Funny by Katrina Germein Dianne Bates , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , September 2010;

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
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. 25-26)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
Underage 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 September 2010; (p. 21)

— Review of This Is Shyness Leanne Hall , 2009 single work novel ; My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 September 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
Untitled Sharon Greenaway , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 30-31)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
Kid Flicks Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 May 2011; (p. 24)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
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. 25-26)

— Review of My Dad Thinks He's Funny Katrina Germein , 2010 single work picture book
Homespun Tales Strike Chord with Readers Fran Metcalf , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 May 2011; (p. 15)
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