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We all know that Humpty Dumpty is an egg. But did you know he was born into the travelling circus? Or that he had a little sister, Dimity? At last her story can be told! Shy as her big brother is bold, Dimity prefers the shadows to the spotlight and never joins her performing family in the tent at showtime. But one fateful afternoon, Humpty - with time on his hands - climbs the factory wall at the edge of the circus ground, and slips. It is Dimity, not all the King's horses or all the King's men, who finds her voice - and her courage - and saves his life!
Notes
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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
Food practices - Food preparation
Gender n/a Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Domestic
Setting - Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion - Relationships [comfort food]
Food as cultural identity n/a Food as character identity n/a Food as language - Food metaphors and similes
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 21 no. 2 2006; (p. 27)
— Review of Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 50 no. 2 2006; (p. 27)
— Review of Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book -
The Art of Communication
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 283 2006; (p. 62-64)
— Review of Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; The Wrong Thing 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Pip and the Convict 2005 single work picture book ; The Boy Who Built the Boat 2006 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book ; The Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star 2006 single work picture book ; Mustara 2006 single work picture book ; My Home in Kakadu 2005 single work picture book ; When Elephants Lived in the Sea 2006 single work picture book ; Home 2006 single work picture book -
Life's Big Lessons
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 June 2006; (p. 41)
— Review of Share Said the Rooster 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book -
Shorts : Picture Books
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 May 2006; (p. 16)
— Review of Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book
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Kids' Lit
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 March 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of The Red Shoe 2006 single work novel ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow 2006 single work picture book -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 85 no. 9 2006; (p. 46)
— Review of Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book -
Shorts : Picture Books
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 May 2006; (p. 16)
— Review of Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book -
Life's Big Lessons
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 June 2006; (p. 41)
— Review of Share Said the Rooster 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book -
The Art of Communication
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 283 2006; (p. 62-64)
— Review of Woolvs in the Sitee 2005 single work picture book ; The Wrong Thing 2006 single work picture book ; Dimity Dumpty : The Story of Humpty's Little Sister 2006 single work picture book ; Pip and the Convict 2005 single work picture book ; The Boy Who Built the Boat 2006 single work picture book ; Grandad's Phase 2006 single work picture book ; The Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star 2006 single work picture book ; Mustara 2006 single work picture book ; My Home in Kakadu 2005 single work picture book ; When Elephants Lived in the Sea 2006 single work picture book ; Home 2006 single work picture book
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Picture Book
- 2008 shortlisted KOALA Awards — Picture Book
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