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Includes short stories, biographical material on the author and tips for writing.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Nelson
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Travels of Lummy's Tribe,
single work
children's fiction
children's
Lummy makes a habit of bringing home rubbish from the Tip and leaving it in the backyard. The next door neighbours don't appreciate it when it ends up in their pool.
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Benny and the Parachutes,
single work
children's fiction
children's
Benny, the electronic games freak, concentrates so hard that he gets sucked into one of his games.
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The Ghost of Chinaman's Camp,
single work
children's fiction
children's
When sleeping bags go missing at camp the blame is laid on the ghost of an old miner.
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Journal,
single work
children's fiction
children's
When Bailey is wrongfully accused of breaking a window at school he imagines writing the facts down in his school journal.
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King of the Sparrows,
single work
children's fiction
children's
An errant student has one skill, that of catching sparrows.
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Chapters From a Novel,
single work
children's fiction
children's
mystery
A story from a draft novel about the survival of a group of children in a small town after the adults have disappeared.
- The Giant Rabbit and Many Others, single work children's fiction children's (p. 63-71)
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Doing Nothing,
single work
children's fiction
children's
With no pocket money because of a list of transgressions, the boys amuse themselves for a morning around town.
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