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Who Sank the Boat? Paperback – Picture Book, 1 November 1988
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Pamela Allen
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Who sank the boat? Was it the cow or the donkey or the sheep with her knitting? Surely it wasn't the tiny little mouse?
Winner of the 1983 Australian Picture Book of the Year Award, this wonderfully illustrated book is designed for sharing aloud and will make children giggle as they guess which animal spoilt a day's rowing by sinking the boat.
Winner of the 1983 Australian Picture Book of the Year Award, this wonderfully illustrated book is designed for sharing aloud and will make children giggle as they guess which animal spoilt a day's rowing by sinking the boat.
- Reading age3 - 5 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions18.9 x 0.2 x 22.9 cm
- PublisherPicture Puffin
- Publication date1 November 1988
- ISBN-100140509402
- ISBN-13978-0140509403
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About the Author
Pamela Allen (Author)
PAMELA ALLEN is a phenomenon in the world of children's literature. For more than thirty-five years her picture books have enchanted generations of children around the world, and have garnered a glittering array of awards and commendations including six Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, two New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, an International Board on Books for Young People Diploma for Illustration, the Margaret Mahy Medal, New Zealand's most prestigious award for children's literature, and most recently The Gaylene Gordon Award for a Much Loved Book from the Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand.
Pamela's books are full of the music of language; they are 'fragments of theatre', designed to be read aloud and shared between an adult and a child. Patch Theatre Company of Adelaide has now created three theatrical performances from a selection of Pamela's books. These have toured throughout Australia since 2007; 2014 saw the first tour through New Zealand. All have performed to packed houses.
'From Pamela Allen's first publication in 1980 it was clear that here was a creator of picture books with all the glow, gesture, din and dance to capture the attention, engage the imagination, teach, show, tickle and excite small children.' Meg Sorensen, Australian Book Review
PAMELA ALLEN is a phenomenon in the world of children's literature. For more than thirty-five years her picture books have enchanted generations of children around the world, and have garnered a glittering array of awards and commendations including six Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, two New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, an International Board on Books for Young People Diploma for Illustration, the Margaret Mahy Medal, New Zealand's most prestigious award for children's literature, and most recently The Gaylene Gordon Award for a Much Loved Book from the Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand.
Pamela's books are full of the music of language; they are 'fragments of theatre', designed to be read aloud and shared between an adult and a child. Patch Theatre Company of Adelaide has now created three theatrical performances from a selection of Pamela's books. These have toured throughout Australia since 2007; 2014 saw the first tour through New Zealand. All have performed to packed houses.
'From Pamela Allen's first publication in 1980 it was clear that here was a creator of picture books with all the glow, gesture, din and dance to capture the attention, engage the imagination, teach, show, tickle and excite small children.' Meg Sorensen, Australian Book Review
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Product details
- Publisher : Picture Puffin; 1st edition (1 November 1988)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0140509402
- ISBN-13 : 978-0140509403
- Reading age : 3 - 5 years
- Dimensions : 18.9 x 0.2 x 22.9 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviewed in Australia on 13 January 2021
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Biased as I loved the book as a child! Good thick pages, easy for 1 year old fingers to turn. Good strength and pictures look perfect
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star mum
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for year 1 science
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2012Verified Purchase
This is a great little story about mass, floating and sinking. I used this to tie in with my year 1 science topic on floating and sinking. We talked about why the tiny mouse would sink the boat and we looked at the way the animals positioned themselves into the boat as to how and why the boat might have sank. Lots of things to talk about and nice pictures and simple text. It also makes a good and funny little story.
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Mr Kieran Fifield
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't be a backwards boatman
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2017Verified Purchase
Purchased this on a whim as remember my Grandad from Australia sending this over as a gift one year and absolutely loved it. Bought to read to my baby in the tummy and will read it to her many times in the years to come.

Peterena Ellis
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Lovely story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2020Verified Purchase
Read this story to my children and have now bought it for my Grandchildren Wonderful story

wendy adams
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Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2017Verified Purchase
Excellent

Chicken
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Pamela Allen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2014Verified Purchase
Fabulous children's writer with brilliant stories on known themes. Very humourous and provoke great discussions with children of all ages. Witty illustrations. A book for all children's collections.