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Barbara Learns to Knit
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1940-1949
Z1031766
1940-1949
single work
picture book
children's
During a trip to the beach, young Barbara asks her mother why she knits all the time. Her mother says that she knits during the summer so the family will have warm clothes for winter. Barbara decides to learn to knit so that she can make her dolls some warm winter clothes.
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1940-1949
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Flowers for Mummy
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1945
Z1031771
1945
single work
picture book
children's
Margaret and her father spy some beautiful flowers growing in Mr Brown's garden. They would be perfect for Margaret's mother, who is sick. But can Margaret pick Mr Brown's flowers?
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1945
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Dolly Shows the Way
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1945
Z1031774
1945
single work
picture book
children's
Losing Wendy, Mabel's favourite dolly, soon turns out to be a blessing is disguise when Mabel and John get lost in the forest and must find their way home.
Sydney : Offset Printing , 1945 -
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Betty's New Hair Ribbon
Kay Druce
(illustrator),
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1945
Z1031777
1945
single work
picture book
children's
Betty receives a beautiful hair-ribbon for her birthday, but that very morning the ribbon blows away on the wind. A kind bird retrieves the ribbon.
Sydney
:
Offset Printing
,
1945
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