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Round the Twist
Seven Network
(publisher),
( dir. Esben Storm
et. al. )agent
1990
Fitzroy
Australia
:
Seven Network
Australian Children's Television Foundation
,
1989-2001
Z1730103
1990
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
fantasy
Tony Twist and his three children (thirteen-year-old twins Pete and Linda and nine-year-old Bronson) move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast. They soon discover that the lighthouse and the outhouse are haunted.
Notes
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Also available in video recording, braille and sound recording formats.
Contents
- Danish Pastry, single work children's fiction children's (p. 1-2)
- Second Copy, single work children's fiction children's (p. 3-49)
- Haunted Places, single work children's fiction children's (p. 51-52)
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Lucky Lips,
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'A boy who has never been kissed obtains a lipstick that will make nearby girls kiss him. However, it also works on any female, including animals . Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.'(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_(short_story_collection)
- Pigging Out, single work children's fiction children's (p. 85-86)
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Spaghetti Pig-Out,
single work
children's fiction
children's
'A boy is always lonely at school because the school bully never lets anyone associate with him. He is pretty much lonely at home as well because of his lack of technology. But one day, he gets a strange video player whose remote control also works on people. However, the bully eventually steals the remote. Back at school, they both enter a spaghetti-eating contest in which the winner earns a free holiday. The bully, due to eating too much spaghetti via the fast forward function on the remote, throws up and is disqualified from the contest, allowing the boy to win the holiday. Was later adapted as an episode of Round The Twist.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_(short_story_collection))
- Wrap, single work children's fiction children's (p. 125)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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It's Their Turn : Best Books to Animate Teens
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2015; (p. 30) -
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Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
Sydney
:
2009
27495428
2009
single work
thesis
'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'
Source: Abstract.
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The Origins of Round the Twist
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Round the Twist : Series 3, Book 2 2000; (p. vii-x) Round the Twist : Series Three, Book One 2000; (p. vii-x) Discussion of the children's television series, Round the Twist. - y Paul Jennings : The Boy in the Story is Always Me Paul Jennings : A Biography Ringwood : Viking , 2000 Z668897 2000 single work biography
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 26)
— Review of Round the Twist 1990 selected work children's fiction
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Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 4 1991; (p. 26)
— Review of Round the Twist 1990 selected work children's fiction -
Writing Round the Twist
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 5 no. 4 1990; (p. 19-22) -
The Origins of Round the Twist
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Round the Twist : Series 3, Book 2 2000; (p. vii-x) Round the Twist : Series Three, Book One 2000; (p. vii-x) Discussion of the children's television series, Round the Twist. - y Paul Jennings : The Boy in the Story is Always Me Paul Jennings : A Biography Ringwood : Viking , 2000 Z668897 2000 single work biography
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It's Their Turn : Best Books to Animate Teens
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2015; (p. 30) -
y
Elements of Carnival and the Carnivalesque in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
Sydney
:
2009
27495428
2009
single work
thesis
'This thesis discusses the influence of elements of Bakhtinian camivalesque in selected contemporary Australian children’s literature. Many of the Bakhtinian ideas are centred on the work of Franqois Rabelais, particularly his five books collectively entitled Gargantua and Pantagruel. Aspects of the complex field of Bakhtinian camivalesque that have been considered include: attitudes to authority, the grotesque body and its working, the importance of feasting and the associated concepts of bodily functioning, customs in relation to food, and ritual and specific language such as the use of curses and oaths. The role of humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically acclaimed) by the Australian Children’s Book Council from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, and second, by means of contrast, to the commercially popular but generally less critically acclaimed works of other Australian writers such as Paul Jennings and Andy Griffiths. The thesis concludes by considering the ways in which camivalesque freedom is encouraged through and by new media.'
Source: Abstract.
Awards
- 1996 winner KROC Awards
- 1991 winner YABBA — Fiction for Older Readers
- 1991 winner COOL Award — Fiction for Younger Readers