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  • Published: 2 July 1999
  • ISBN: 9780140564198
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

Mr McGee & the Biting Flea




'Mr McGee went out to play, down to the beach one windy day,' the story begins. His happy mood is spoilt when he is bitten by a flea, a flea that he can't get rid of. The only solution is to take off all his clothes and jump into the sea because of course, fleas don't like the sea. Mr McGee and the flea are finally separated and the flea moves on to the hair of a dog instead. The pictures tell the story as well as the text.

  • Published: 2 July 1999
  • ISBN: 9780140564198
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Pamela Allen

Pamela Allen is a phenomenon in the world of children's literature. Since her first publication in 1980, 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 created three theatrical performances from a selection of Pamela’s books. These have toured throughout Australia and New Zealand, performing 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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Awards & recognition

CYBER Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  1999  •  Picture Book

KROC Children's Choice Awards

Longlisted  •  1999  •  Prize for Writing for Young Adults

YABBA Children's Choice Awards

Longlisted  •  2000  •  Picture Book

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2001  •  Picture Book

REAL Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2002  •  Fiction for Older Readers

YABBA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2002  •  Picture Book

REAL Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2003  •  Picture Story Books

COOL Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  2004  •  Picture Book

REAL Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2004  •  Picture Story Books

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