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y separately published work icon Peter & Co. single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Issue Details: First known date: 1940... 1940 Peter & Co.
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'This is the sequel to Told By Peter.  It describes a similar holiday to one Mary Grant Bruce and her husband George Bruce had just taken in North Queensland, which included a stay at Dunk Island, right down to the rumours of impending war and suspicious Japanese boats.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Sequel to Told by Peter

  • The contemporary Australian author, John Marsden, has acknowledged that this book was important to the development of his successful series about an invasion of Australia that commenced with Tomorrow, When The War Began that was made into a movie in 2010.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ward, Lock ,       1940 .
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      Extent: 254 p., [4] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1949
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y separately published work icon Told by Peter Mary Grant Bruce , London : Ward, Lock , 1938 Z817960 1938 single work children's fiction children's

'This is the story of a boy on a farm property in New South Wales, and his efforts to catch “crooks” who are trying to harm a friend of his. It is a brisk, exciting story and Mary Grant Bruce shows a competent grasp of schoolboy idiom here.'  (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work

John Marsden Presents... Stella Lees , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33)
One Man's Classics Margaret Robson Kett , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. Mary Grant Bruce , 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush Nan Chauncy , 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider Joan Phipson , 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds Ivan Southall , 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher
Footprints on the Sands of Time H. M. Saxby , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7)
One Man's Classics Margaret Robson Kett , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 230 2001; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Peter & Co. Mary Grant Bruce , 1940 single work children's fiction ; Tiger in the Bush Nan Chauncy , 1957 single work children's fiction autobiography ; Good Luck to the Rider Joan Phipson , 1953 single work children's fiction ; Seventeen Seconds Ivan Southall , 1973 single work biography ; John Marsden Presents Australian Children's Classics series - publisher
Footprints on the Sands of Time H. M. Saxby , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 4-7)
John Marsden Presents... Stella Lees , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 9 no. 2 2001; (p. 30-33)
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