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y separately published work icon The Whistle Stop Party Nan Hunt , Craig Smith (illustrator), Sydney : Collins Anne Ingram Books , 1990 Z667939 1990 single work picture book children's
y separately published work icon Families are Funny Nan Hunt , Deborah Niland (illustrator), Sydney : Collins Anne Ingram Books , 1990 Z667942 1990 single work picture book children's Families often do odd and irritating things, but a little boy discovers they're there if you need them.
y separately published work icon Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles , Rod Clement (illustrator), New South Wales : Angus and Robertson , 1996 Z833012 1996 single work picture book children's fiction children's humour
y separately published work icon The Tram to Bondi Beach Libby Hathorn , Julie Vivas (illustrator), Sydney : Methuen Australia , 1981 Z836323 1981 single work picture book children's historical fiction Keiran longs to be a paper boy and sell papers to the passengers on the tram that goes by his flat in a small Australian town.
y separately published work icon Miss Strawberry Verses Eric Rolls , Harmondsworth : Kestrel , 1978 Z945444 1978 selected work poetry children's North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988
y separately published work icon One Sunday Libby Gleeson , John Winch (illustrator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988 Z837541 1988 single work picture book children's North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988
y separately published work icon My Hiding Place Janet Shaw , Wendy De Paauw (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z830390 1984 single work picture book children's North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988
y separately published work icon When the Wind Changed Ruth Park , Deborah Niland (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1980 Z37066 1980 single work picture book humour children's
— Appears in: Mulligrubs and Friends : A Collection of Favourite Children's Stories 1992; 'Josh could make the most awful faces. But one day, just as he made the most hideous face of all, the wind changed. However, Josh's awful face helps save his dad from a bank robber - just before the wind changes again.' (Source: Amazon Books) North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990
y separately published work icon A Bush Christening A. B. Paterson , Quentin Hole (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1976 Z846486 1976 single work picture book children's humour North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
Come by Chance Madeleine Winch , Madeleine Winch (illustrator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988 Z832807 1988 single work picture book children's
— Appears in: Mulligrubs and Friends : A Collection of Favourite Children's Stories 1992; When Bertha finds an old tumbledown house, she turns it into a cozy home and lives there by herself, until the stormy night when animals come seeking shelter from the rain. North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
y separately published work icon Gidja Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Percy Trezise (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1984 Z832973 1984 single work picture book children's Indigenous story After suffering from misfortune and being mistreated by the people of their tribe, Gidja and his wife and daughter become the moon, the Morning Star, and the Evening Star. Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1991
y separately published work icon Rummage Christobel Mattingley , Patricia Mullins (illustrator), London : Angus and Robertson , 1981 Z836353 1981 single work picture book children's North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
y separately published work icon The Magic Firesticks Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Dick Roughsey (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1983 Z836574 1983 single work picture book children's Indigenous story Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992
y separately published work icon My Hiroshima Junko Morimoto , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Anne Bower Ingram (translator), Isao Morimoto (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1987 Z831790 1987 single work picture book children's In this picture book, the author relates her own experiences as a high-school student when her city was destroyed by the first atomic bomb.
Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992
y separately published work icon Nungadin and Willijen Percy Trezise , Mary Haginikitas , Percy Trezise (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z837189 1992 single work picture book children's Indigenous story Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1993
y separately published work icon Cry Me a River Rodney McRae , Rodney McRae (illustrator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z847312 1991 single work picture book children's

'A young boy calls on a mountain to 'cry me a river' and the mountain responds by sending crystal tears that run down and form a beautiful and life-giving river. But as the river leaves the mountain it gathers pollutants until it empties its poisons in the sea and the mountain asks the boy, in turn, to cry for the river.' (The Source subscription database of children's literature)

Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994
y separately published work icon Mungoon-Gali, the Giant Goanna Percy Trezise , Dick Roughsey (illustrator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991 Z833198 1991 single work picture book children's 'Mungoon-Gali the Giant Goanna (1991) is set in the days of the diprotodons, 'kadimakras' to the Aboriginal People. Ngali and Mayli are trapped by Mungoon-Galithe giant goanna, but drive him away with fire.' Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1993):420). New South Wales : Angus and Robertson , 1994
y separately published work icon My Hiroshima Junko Morimoto , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Anne Bower Ingram (translator), Isao Morimoto (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1987 Z831790 1987 single work picture book children's In this picture book, the author relates her own experiences as a high-school student when her city was destroyed by the first atomic bomb.
Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995
y separately published work icon Children of the Great Lake Percy Trezise , Percy Trezise (illustrator), New South Wales : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z837603 1992 single work picture book children's Indigenous story Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995
y separately published work icon Dirrangun Dirrangun at Tooloom; Dirrangun at Baryulgil; The Nearest the White Man Gets Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Lucy Daly , Eustan Williams , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z833045 1994 selected work children's fiction Indigenous story children's

'Some people say that Dirrangun is a witch, That she's mean and cunning and Brings you all the mischief in the world. Others say that she's friendly. But she's a very old woman and She has long hair down to her knees. Dirrangun is well-known near Grafton and along the north coast of New South Wales. Both the Bunjalung and Githavul people speak of her and of her connection with local landmarks. She is a powerful woman.' (Source: Publishers website)

 Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1997
Last amended 22 Oct 2001 11:05:22
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