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y separately published work icon Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night anthology   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night
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'In the silence of the dark hours before dawn imagination can run riot, and the most far-fetched fantasies can become chillingly real. Old fears rise to the surface, and the unexpected lies in wait to freeze the blood and set knees knocking.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Omnibus/Puffin , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Somebody Lives in the Nobody House, Ruth Park , single work children's fiction children's (p. 1-16)
The Stone, Anthony Holcroft , single work children's fiction (p. 17-39)
Some Hero, Allan Baillie , single work short story young adult (p. 41-48)
Round the Bend, Sally Odgers , single work children's fiction (p. 49-62)
Flying Horses, Helen Barrett , single work children's fiction (p. 63-78)
Cuzby Came, Libby Hathorn , single work children's fiction (p. 79-90)
The Ghost of Walkerville., Geoff Goodfellow , single work children's fiction (p. 91)
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Untitled Leonie Tyle , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 33)
— Review of Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
Untitled Elspeth Cameron , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 2 1989; (p. 31)
— Review of After Dark : Seven Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 May 1989; (p. B4)
— Review of Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; After Dark : Seven Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
Untitled Leonie Tyle , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 4 no. 3 1989; (p. 33)
— Review of Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
Mixed Bag of Children's Books Laurie Copping , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 May 1989; (p. B4)
— Review of Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; After Dark : Seven Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
Untitled Elspeth Cameron , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 2 1989; (p. 31)
— Review of After Dark : Seven Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction
Parties in Print : A Decade of Stories John Appleton , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 38 no. 1 2023; (p. 4-7)
— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story ; Beetle Soup : Australian Stories and Poems for Children 1996 anthology poetry children's fiction ; Bushland Stories Amy Eleanor Mack , 1910 selected work children's fiction ; Tales from the Wasteland : Stories from the 13th Floor 2000 anthology short story ; Love Me, Love Me Not Libby Gleeson , 1993 selected work children's fiction ; Landmarks : Nine New Australian Stories 1991 anthology short story ; Before Dawn : More Tales to Read at Night 1988 anthology children's fiction ; Dream Time : New Stories by Sixteen Award-Winning Authors 1989 anthology short story
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