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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Sun on the Stubble Omnibus
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* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Lansdowne , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Valley Between, Colin Thiele , single work children's fiction children's adventure humour
Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, Colin Thiele , single work children's fiction humour children's

'Benny Geister's Uncle Gustav meets the first Unseen Presence on the Bethel Road, near the place where Maria Rollenberg and Marcus Kreutzer mysteriously disappeared on their wedding night half a century before. Maria, complete with wedding gown and veil, appears after a tin-kettling for two newlyweds. From then on the fun is fast and furious, as a succession of ghosts and ghoulies, phantom horses and poltergeists plague the Geister household and the community at large.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (New Holland 2005 edition).
The Shadow on the Hills, Colin Thiele , single work children's fiction children's

'Ebenezer Blitz, an eccentric hermit who lives in the Australian hills with his half-dingo, half-domesticated dog, evokes in young, high-spirited Bodo Schneider strong feelings of loyalty and compassion.'

Source: HarperCollins ed.
The Sun on the Stubble, Colin Thiele , single work children's fiction humour children's
'From the classic Australian children's author. Originally pubished in 1961, this is the coming-of-age story of a boy and his immigrant family in Depression-era Australia: Bruno Gunther lives on a farm in South Australia, where adventures spring up like wheat shoots. He has to cope with his stern dad, his mother and family--and trickiest of all is the new teacher in town, who is too alert for comfort. Then there are the local arguements, that all seem to flare up around complicated bits of machinery, like water pumps and cars. All they really need is a little help from Bruno to sort everything out . . . . For young readers ages 9-14. This novel and three others by Thiele inspired an Australian TV series, 'Sun on the Stubble': The Valley Between, Uncle Gustav's Ghosts & The Shadow on the Hills.' 

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