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"Something is coming. Can you see? It snuffles and gruffles. What can it be? Look! Look! It's a Gobbledygook! It's ripping up pages and eating a book!" A rollicking tale, full of irresistible rhyme and song-like rhythm, of a little girl who takes on the task of introducing a slightly out-of-control monster to the joys of reading (Libraries Australia).

Notes

This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

Food depiction	Featured
Food types	Everyday foods Discretionary foods High sugar foods Fresh foods
Food practices	Food preparation Food serving
Gender	Food preparation - female [and genderless monster] Food serving - female [and genderless monster]
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	n/a
Food as sense of place	n/a
Setting	n/a
Food as social cohesion	n/a
Food as cultural identity	n/a
Food as character identity	n/a
Food as language	n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Penguin

Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2012 .

Courtesy of Penguin Group (Australia)

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Extent: 32p.
Description: col. illus.
ISBN: 9780670076574 (hbk.)
Publisher: Penguin

Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2016 .

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This image has been sourced from online.

Extent: 32p.

Note/s:

Published 27 June 2016.

ISBN: 9780143506935

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[Review] The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Katie Poidomani , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Arthur Baysting , Justine Clarke , 2012 single work picture book

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

Now, Read This Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25)

[Review] The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Moira Robinson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 27 no. 5 2012; (p. 26-27)
— Review of The Gobbledygook Is Eating a Book Arthur Baysting , Justine Clarke , 2012 single work picture book

Now, Read This Stephen Romei , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25)

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