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1 y separately published work icon Horse Mad Whispers Kathy Helidoniotis , Vancouver : Walrus Books , 2010 7447615 2010 single work children's fiction children's

'Ashleigh and her horse-mad friends find themselves facing new challenges at school - from a nasty cyber-bully pushing an anti-horse campaign to a redevelopment plan of their favourite Shady Creek Riding Club. ' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Tataru Wolfgang Grasse , Sydney : Walrus Books , 1985 Z1021296 1985 single work picture book children's Tataru lives in Brazil. His tribe, the Bororo people, have disappeared since white people built roads through the jungles and rainforests. Tataru is searching for his sister, Tanoa. He asks the animals of the jungle for help in finding her.
1 y separately published work icon Strela Mike Shanley , Sydney London : Walrus Books , 1984 Z1393696 1984 single work novel thriller
1 y separately published work icon Kenji's Magic Kite Wolfgang Grasse , Wolfgang Grasse (illustrator), Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z1021289 1984 single work picture book children's Kenji and his sumo wrestler friend Saburo build a very large kite, which Kenji carefully paints with the face of Hachimantaro, a samurai warrior. The next day, Saburo has to wrestle, but promises Kenji they will go out to fly the kite the next day. But Kenji can't wait, and decides to fly the kite all by himself.
1 y separately published work icon Mai-Tzu and the Moon Princess Wolfgang Grasse , Wolfgang Grasse (illustrator), Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z1021286 1984 single work children's fiction picture book children's fantasy Eight-year-old Mai-Tzu is awakened from a nap by the sound of firecrackers exploding. People are celebrating in the streets. He soon discovers that the celebration marks the start of the festival of the moon princess, which lasts for three days and three nights in China, Japan, and Korea. Mai-Tzu doesn't believe in the moon princess and, unimpressed, decides to hunt fireflies instead. When he happens upon a lovely girl, he soon realises that she is the moon princess. She points out the Milky Way and various stars to Mai-Tzu. Then she takes him flying to Korea and Japan to see the festival celebrations.
1 y separately published work icon The Green Bamboo Flute Wolfgang Grasse , Wolfgang Grasse (illustrator), Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z1021283 1984 single work picture book children's A beautiful Chinese princess named La Ho Ta is always unhappy, even though she has everything she could possibly need. She comes to believe that only the 'sweet sound of a bamboo flute in the night' could cure her. Soon, all the flute players in the country queue to play for her, but their music sounds to her like the sqeaking of mice and rats. A young man named Rightheart, the son of the flute maker Tsu Ling, longs to make the princess happy. He learns that eighteen years earlier, his father was commissioned to craft a flute for the King of Korea, Ma Sul Sa. But Ma Sul Sa had stolen the soul of a newborn girl and wanted Tsu Ling to place it in the flute so that the flute would make the most beautiful sound. This soul, they now realise, must have been La Ho Ta's. Rightheart sets out on a difficult and dangerous journey to retrieve the flute, and the Princess's soul.
1 1 y separately published work icon Mai-tzu and the Kite Emperor Wolfgang Grasse , Wolfgang Grasse (illustrator), Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z949849 1973 single work picture book children's 'The sky is filled with beautiful kites being flown by children, but little Mai-tzu is too poor to buy one and must build his own. He takes his home-made kite out into the fields and lies back on the grass to watch it fly. Suddenly, a sailing ship with wings appears between the clouds. Shortly after, an arrow shoots through the air shattering Mai-tzu's kite to the ground. The Kite Emperor then descends and asks Mai-tzu to come with him to his palace where he may choose any one of the beautiful kites for his own.' (Source: Book seller)
1 y separately published work icon Ryker and Others John Brown , Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z809415 1984 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Tenth Man John Brown , Sydney : Walrus Books , 1984 Z809412 1984 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Strange Territory : A Novel Jean West Penna , Los Angeles Sydney : Walrus Books , 1983 Z937941 1983 single work novel science fiction

'A space capsule crashes on a planet at the edge of the galaxy. Only three people survive, the "High Lady Clytha", her maid-servant and a crew member. Clytha is totally spoilt, being highly valued for her combination of thinness and sexuality! The main interest is how the trio interact and survive in the alien environment. Most readers would be quite happy to see Clytha's demise as quickly as possible but unfortunately she survives to be rescued after 200 pages of a rather meaningless novel.'

Source:

Colin Steele, 'Earthbound Australian Science Fiction', Canberra Times, 24 March 1984, p.24.
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