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Margaret Balderson Margaret Balderson i(A41420 works by)
Born: Established: 1935 Concord, Drummoyne - Concord area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 3 y separately published work icon Junkyard Dogs Margaret Balderson , Janine Dawson (illustrator), Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 2002 Z1037562 2002 single work picture book children's humour
1 2 y separately published work icon Sea Bird Margaret Balderson , Elizabeth Smith , Sydney : Scholastic Australia , 2002 Z962233 2002 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Blue and Gold Day Margaret Balderson , Roger Haldane (illustrator), London : Angus and Robertson , 1979 Z836032 1979 single work picture book children's Two children and their dog enjoy the pleasures of early morning exploration of a nearby beach.
1 3 y separately published work icon A Dog Called George Margaret Balderson , London : Oxford University Press , 1975 Z830251 1975 single work children's fiction children's Tony is a lonely and insecure boy until he meets George, an old English sheep-dog, and discovers new friends and new interests.
1 On Accepting the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award Margaret Balderson , 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 33 1969; (p. 3-5)
Having won the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award 1969 for her first published novel, Margaret Balderson reveals in her acceptance speech the pressure she is feeling for her future writings to achieve the same standard as her first.
4 2 y separately published work icon When Jays Fly to Barbmo Margaret Balderson , London : Oxford University Press , 1968 Z900184 1968 single work novel young adult

The story of Ingeborg, a young Norwegian girl, who lives on a farm on the remote island of Draugoy, in the north. The Germans are beginning their invasion of Norway.

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