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Pamela Allen (1) (1934–)

Author of Who Sank the Boat?

For other authors named Pamela Allen, see the disambiguation page.

53+ Works 5,630 Members 42 Reviews 5 Favorited

Series

Grandpa and Thomas

Works by Pamela Allen

Who Sank the Boat? (1982) 1,317 copies, 19 reviews

Mr. Archimedes' Bath (1980) 347 copies, 8 reviews

Alexander's Outing (1993) 258 copies, 1 review

Belinda (1992) 243 copies, 2 reviews

Bertie And The Bear (1983) 227 copies, 1 review

A Lion in the Night (1985) 181 copies, 1 review

My Cat Maisie (1990) 172 copies, 1 review

I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit (Picture Puffin) (1989) 154 copies

Waddle Giggle Gargle! (1996) 147 copies

The Pear in the Pear Tree (1999) 141 copies

Fancy That! (Picture Puffin) (1988) 139 copies

Mr McGee (1987) 137 copies, 1 review

Potato People (2002) 136 copies

Mr McGee and the Biting Flea (1998) 133 copies, 1 review

Mr McGee Goes to Sea (1992) 128 copies, 1 review

Grandpa and Thomas (2003) 121 copies

Herbert and Harry (1986) 118 copies

Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest (1999) 114 copies

Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam (Picture Puffin) (1993) 107 copies

Clippity-clop (Picture Puffin) (1994) 106 copies

Inside Mary Elizabeth's House (2000) 98 copies

Black Dog (1991) 97 copies

Shhh! Little Mouse (2007) 94 copies

Daisy All Sorts (2002) 90 copies, 1 review

Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread (2004) 85 copies

Cuthbert's Babies (2003) 80 copies

Grandpa and Thomas and the Green Umbrella (2006) 75 copies

Brown Bread and Honey (2001) 71 copies, 3 reviews

Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? (2007) 67 copies

The Bear's Lunch (1997) 65 copies

Our Daft Dog Danny (2009) 54 copies

Where's the Gold (2005) 50 copies

Share Said the Rooster (2006) 47 copies

Felix (2008) 43 copies, 1 review

Hetty's day out (2010) 24 copies

Can You Keep a Secret? (Viking Kestrel Picture Books) (2000) 20 copies

My First ABC (Puffin Baby) (2006) 19 copies

Fat Ferdie (2013) 18 copies

Mr McGee and the elephants (2012) 17 copies

The little old man who looked up at the moon (2012) 11 copies

Nana's colours (2011) 11 copies, 1 review

My first 1 2 3 (2007) 10 copies

Hidden Treasure (1987) 10 copies

The man with messy hair (2015) 10 copies

Bertie (2013) 7 copies

Watch Me (1985) 6 copies

Brown Bread and Honey (Adapted as a Play) (2007) — Illustrator — 6 copies

The toymaker and the bird (2009) 6 copies

One Sunday (2014) 4 copies

Marvellous Mr McGee (2005) 3 copies

Watch ME Now (Viking Kestrel Picture Books) (1988) 3 copies

Simon did (1988) 2 copies

Simon said (1988) 1 copy

Associated Works

Doodledum Dancing (2006) — Illustrator — 36 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Allen, Pamela Kay
Birthdate: 1934-04-03
Gender: female
Nationality: Australia
New Zealand
Birthplace: Australia
Places of residence: Auckland, New Zealand
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations: children's book author
illustrator
Awards and honors: International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY Honour (1983)
Margaret Mahy Medal (2004)
Order of Australia (2024)

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Reviews

Mr Mcgee Goes To Sea by Pamela Allen

Mr McGee's adventure after he is swallowed at sea.

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ArielaAA | Jun 12, 2024 |

Mr Archimedes' Bath (Picture Puffin) by Pamela Allen

https://shawjonathan.com/2019/10/04/ruby-reads-16/

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shawjonathan | 7 other reviews | Oct 3, 2019 |

Alexander's outing by Pamela Allen

https://shawjonathan.com/2019/09/03/ruby-reads-15-plus-round-faced-bowie/

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shawjonathan | Sep 2, 2019 |

Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen

https://shawjonathan.com/2019/03/08/ruby-reads-4/

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shawjonathan | 18 other reviews | Mar 7, 2019 |

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Lists

Top 100 NZ Children's Books (3)

Dogs -- children's/young adult fiction (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

Bertie And The Bear (Picture Books – 1984)

Who Sank the Boat? (Books for the Youngest – 1983)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

Mr. Archimedes' Bath (2009.0103, 2009, Ages 3↑)

New South Wales Premier's Literary Award

Mr. Archimedes' Bath (Winner – Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature – 1980)

Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration

Shhh! Little Mouse (Nominee – 2008)

IBBY Honour Book

Grandpa and Thomas (Illustration – 2006)

Who Sank the Boat? (Illustration – 1984)

LIANZA Children and Young Adult Book Awards

A Lion in the Night (Winner – Russell Clark Award – 1986)

Early Math Project Children's Literature

Who Sank the Boat?

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Cuthbert's Babies (Winner – Picture Book – 2004)

My Cat Maisie (Winner – Picturebook – 1991)

Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award

Mr McGee (2017)

Who Sank the Boat? (2001)

Australian Book Publishers Association Book Design Award

Mr. Archimedes' Bath (1981)

Picture Books to Describe and Compare Measurable Attributes

Who Sank the Boat?

COOL: Canberra’s Own Outstanding List

Mr McGee and the Biting Flea (picture storybook – 2004)

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Statistics

Works: 53
Also by: 1
Members: 5,630
Popularity: #4,405
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 42
ISBNs: 281
Languages: 12
Favorited: 5

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Links

Pamela Allen Bio

NZ Book Council author page

Penguin author page

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