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The series recounts the adventures of Rowena Batts, a girl with a disability which renders her unable to speak.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
For details, see individual work records.
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Blabber Mouth
Sydney
:
Piper
,
1992
Z793704
1992
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'An Australian schoolgirl who is unable to speak is embarrassed by her father's outlandish dress and behavior.'
Source: Trove
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y
Sticky Beak
Sydney
:
Piper
,
1993
Z795581
1993
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'The last thing Rowena wants in her life right now is a cockatoo with a crook temper. She's got enough problems of her own. For a start, she's just spattered two hundred grown-ups with jelly and custard. But a crazy cockatoo, Ro discovers, can be just the friend she needs.'
Source: Trove
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y
Gift of the Gab
Ringwood
:
Puffin
,
1999
Z835183
1999
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'I scribbled angrily in my notebook, ripped the page out and held it in front of his face. "You killed my mother," it said, "and I've got the sausages to prove it." It starts off as a normal week for Rowena. A car full of stewed apples. A police cell. A desperate struggle to keep Dad off national TV. Then her world turns upside-down. And suddenly Ro's battling French policemen, high explosives and very unusual sausages to discover painful and joyous secrets that change her life forever' (source: NLA).
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Last amended 16 Sep 2021 15:04:16
