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Born: Established: Copenhagen,
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Denmark,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe, ;
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3 y separately published work icon The King with Horse's Ears Eric Maddern , Paul Hess (illustrator), London : Frances Lincoln , 2003 Z1239538 2003 single work picture book children's
3 18 y separately published work icon Skymaze Gillian Rubinstein , Norwood : Omnibus/Puffin , 1989 Z179263 1989 single work children's fiction science fiction children's A new game reunites the four original players of "Space Demons" and it lures them into a compellingly beautiful but dangerous world in which their own real-life problems are chillingly reflected
3 10 y separately published work icon Boss of the Pool Robin Klein , Adelaide : Omnibus Books , 1986 Z862307 1986 single work children's fiction children's

Shelley feels uncomfortable around the handicapped people from the hostel where her mother works, but when circumstances lead her to teaching Ben to swim, she learns some lessons about life and herself.
2 4 y separately published work icon The Paperchaser Penny Hall , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1987 Z549623 1987 single work novel young adult science fiction
11 y separately published work icon Beginnings and Endings With Lifetimes in Between Bryan Mellonie , Robert Ingpen (illustrator), Melbourne : Hill of Content , 1983 Z993649 1983 single work picture book children's A book designed to illustrate to children that dying is a natural part of the cycle of life, whether death be through illness, accident or old age. It explains how all living things - plants, animals, insects, people - have different lifespans, and that all lives have endings.
2 1 y separately published work icon The Rusty Kee Adventures Garry Hurle , Adelaide : Omnibus Books , 1984 Z830486 1984 single work children's fiction children's adventure A story set in the gold rush days in Victoria in which an illegitimate Chinese-Australian boy searches for twelve teeth to complete a set of dentures.
4 26 y separately published work icon Space Demons Gillian Rubinstein , Adelaide : Omnibus/Puffin , 1986 Z262453 1986 single work novel young adult science fiction

'Space Demons is a computer game with a difference - a prototype directly imported from Japan, and designed to lock four unlikely protagonists, Andrew Hayford, Elaine Taylor, Ben Challis and Mario Ferrone, in deadly combat with the sinister forces of its artificial intelligence. As the game draws them into its powerful ambit, Andrew, Elaine, Ben, and Mario must confront the darker sides of their own natures.' (Publication summary)
5 4 y separately published work icon There's a Dinosaur in the Park! Rodney David Martin , John Siow (illustrator), Grange : Era Publications , 1980 Z667771 1980 single work picture book children's

A boy's imagination turns a garbage bin in the park into a ferocious dinosaur.
7 5 y separately published work icon Seashores and Shadows Colin Thiele , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1985 Z288100 1985 single work novel young adult adventure

'Fourteen-year-old Joe had never heard of Wayward Island before he came to live with his cousin, Meg, and her family at Cockle Bay. Nor had he ever heard of Scarface! Wayward Island, out to sea, is a spellbinding place of windswept hills and beckoning seashores. Scarface is a huge, white pointer shark, a fearless killer, an ever-present yet elusive shadow. Terrible events carve the names of both Wayward Island and Scarface into the memories of Joe and Meg of seashores and shadows they will never forget.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
8 6 y separately published work icon Arthur Amanda Graham , Donna Gynell (illustrator), Flinders Park : Keystone Picture Books , 1984 Z846003 1984 single work picture book children's 'Arthur is a very ordinary brown dog in Mrs Humber's pet shop. All the other animals find homes, but nobody wants Arthur. So he tries to be a rabbit, a snake, a fish ... in fact anything, so someone would give him a home with a pair of old slippers to chew'. (Source: publisher's blurb.)
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