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y separately published work icon Patch and Ruby single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Patch and Ruby
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'Patch the pony is lonely. He has fun with his young owner, Sam, and the other farm animals are friendly, but sometimes it feels as if he still doesn’t quite fit in. Then one day Sam has an idea and something happens that changes Patch’s life forever. Patch and Ruby is a wonderful, often very funny tale about friendship and finding out where you belong.' (Publication summary)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sugar and Spice Collection Penny Harrison , Susan Whelan , Anouska Jones , Gwynneth Jones (illustrator), Wollombi : EK Books , 2016 9642530 2016 selected work children's fiction children's

    'In these three delightful stories, fairies, ponies and ballerinas come out to play!

    In Dance with Me, a ballerina in a music box loves nothing more than to dance. But when the little girl who owns the box grows up, who will dance with the ballerina then? A gorgeous story about treasured possessions and the memories they hold.

    In Patch and Ruby, Patch the pony is lonely. Sometimes it feels as if he doesn't quite fit in on the farm. But one day something happens that changes his life forever. A wonderful tale about friendship and finding out where you belong.

    In The Great Sock Secret, Sarah's mother is tired of finding odd socks in the laundry basket. Where do all the missing socks go? Sarah knows. But her mother mustn't find out! A fantastical adventure into an imaginative fairy-filled

    Warning: these fairies are seriously cool!' (publication blurb).

    Wollombi : EK Books , 2016
    • Wollombi, Quorrobolong - Millfield - Wollombi area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: EK Books , 2016 .
      image of person or book cover 8714900727640288980.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published October 2016
      ISBN: 9781925335224

Works about this Work

Review : Patch and Ruby Heather Gallagher , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;

— Review of Patch and Ruby Anouska Jones , 2016 single work picture book
Review : Patch and Ruby Elizabeth Vercoe , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2016;

— Review of Patch and Ruby Anouska Jones , 2016 single work picture book
Review : Patch and Ruby Elizabeth Vercoe , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , October 2016;

— Review of Patch and Ruby Anouska Jones , 2016 single work picture book
Review : Patch and Ruby Heather Gallagher , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;

— Review of Patch and Ruby Anouska Jones , 2016 single work picture book
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