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It seems simple enough for David and Jem to release the two baboons from the experimental research station where they are doomed to die. But when they discover that the baboons are no longer capable of looking after themselves in the African bush, David and Jem are forced to stay and protect them. And that's when their problems truly begin ...
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- Also braille.
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Preoccupations in Kelleher's Fantasies
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 3 no. 4 1988; (p. 5-8) -
[Review] Papio
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , July no. 100 1986; (p. 80)
— Review of Papio 1984 single work novel -
[Review] Papio
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;
— Review of Papio 1984 single work novel -
Kelleher in Compelling Form
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 January 1985;
— Review of Papio 1984 single work novel -
[Review] Dancing in the Anzac Deli [et al]
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;
— Review of Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Something Special 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters 1984 single work correspondence ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley 1984 single work novel
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The 1985 Australian Children's Book Awards
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Home in the Sky 1984 single work picture book ; Ayu and the Perfect Moon 1984 single work picture book ; Arthur 1984 single work picture book ; The Angel with a Mouth-Organ 1984 single work picture book ; The Inch Boy Helen Smith (translator), 1984 single work picture book ; There's a Sea in My Bedroom 1984 single work picture book ; The Tree Witches 1983 single work picture book ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 1984 single work picture book ; The True Story of Lilli Stubeck 1984 single work novel ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction ; Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters 1984 single work correspondence ; Something Special 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley 1984 single work novel -
[Review] The Tree Witches [et al]
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The National Times , 19-26 July 1985; (p. 35)
— Review of The Tree Witches 1983 single work picture book ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 1984 single work picture book ; Eleanor, Elizabeth 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Dancing in the Anzac Deli [et al]
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 April 1985;
— Review of Dancing in the Anzac Deli 1984 single work children's fiction ; Me and Jeshua 1984 single work children's fiction ; Something Special 1984 single work children's fiction ; Papio 1984 single work novel ; Penny Pollard's Letters 1984 single work correspondence ; Adrift 1984 single work children's fiction ; Hating Alison Ashley 1984 single work novel -
Kelleher in Compelling Form
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 January 1985;
— Review of Papio 1984 single work novel -
[Review] Papio
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald (Sydney) , 21 July 1985;
— Review of Papio 1984 single work novel -
Preoccupations in Kelleher's Fantasies
1988
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 3 no. 4 1988; (p. 5-8)
Awards
- 1985 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award
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