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Is part of The Sarindi Stories Janine M. Fraser , 2001 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Sarindi and the Lucky Bird
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'Sarindi and the Lucky Bird introduces a little boy and his family, and their life together in Indonesia. Sarindi is certain he will never be unlucky again when he wins the lucky marble from Jaya. But luck is more mischievous than a monkey. When Sarindi's mother becomes sick, Sarindi thinks that all the bad luck in the world has come to visit. He thinks there must be something he can do to help her get better. This time, the song of the Lucky Bird won't work, so he visits all the sacred places he knows. At each, Sarindi prays for the good health of his mother, because who knows which prayer will succeed?'
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Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2001 .
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      Extent: 72p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 2009
      ISBN: 0207499140

Works about this Work

Untitled Gail Anthony , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 August 2002; (p. 7)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
Book of the Year : Younger Readers Wendy Michaels , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 20)

— Review of Joseph Anna Fienberg , 2001 single work picture book ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 Kerry Greenwood , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), Christine Harris , 2001 single work children's fiction ; My Dog John Heffernan , 2000 single work picture book ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! Odo Hirsch , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Judith James , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 38)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
Eloquent Insights and Mixed Messages Pam Macintyre , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 231 2001; (p. 62-63)

— Review of Ride the Tiger Greg Bastian , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Dear Writer Libby Gleeson , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 33-34)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Judith James , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 38)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 16 no. 2 2001; (p. 33-34)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
Eloquent Insights and Mixed Messages Pam Macintyre , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 231 2001; (p. 62-63)

— Review of Ride the Tiger Greg Bastian , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Dear Writer Libby Gleeson , 2001 single work children's fiction
Book of the Year : Younger Readers Wendy Michaels , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Classroom , vol. 22 no. 4 2002; (p. 20)

— Review of Joseph Anna Fienberg , 2001 single work picture book ; Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction ; A Different Sort of Real : The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919 Kerry Greenwood , 2001 single work children's fiction ; Jamil's Shadow 'Aoi Kashima' (translator), Christine Harris , 2001 single work children's fiction ; My Dog John Heffernan , 2000 single work picture book ; Have Courage, Hazel Green! Odo Hirsch , 2001 single work children's fiction
Untitled Gail Anthony , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 August 2002; (p. 7)

— Review of Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser , 2001 single work children's fiction
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