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'Croc Bait is the only Solo fiction story to be placed in a recognisably Australian setting, Black Bull Yard, a well-known fishing spot on the Daly River. Sean loves camping and fishing with his extended family, including his two uncles, Uncle Spook and Uncle Whistler. He'd love to go night fishing and croc hunting with the grown-ups, but is always told that he's too small. Early one morning he takes things into his own hands and sneaks out of the tent and down the river to check the fishing lines. A line tied to a big old fallen tree is moving round and round in the water. It's a fish! Excited, Sean walks out along the tree to pull it in. But unknown to him, he's being watched too, by a cold, sleepy crocodile. Luckily Uncle Spook comes to Sean's rescue with his spear-gun, and the two make a pact not to tell Mum and Dad. Sean finally has a nickname, just like Uncle Whistler and Uncle Spook. It's 'Croc Bait'. But only Sean and Uncle Spook know the story behind it!' (Publication summary)
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Out Back Adventures
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 22 no. 5 2007; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Croc on the Loose 2004 single work children's fiction ; The Giant Scrub Python 2003 single work children's fiction ; Cross Currents 1899 single work short story ; Bushfire Rescue 2005 single work children's fiction ; Crocodile Attack! 2005 single work children's fiction ; Scorpion Sting 2006 single work children's fiction ; Spider Bite 2007 single work children's fiction ; Secrets of Eromanga 2006 single work novel ; Blind Trek 2007 single work children's fiction ; 68 Teeth 2004 single work children's fiction ; Croc Bait 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Barrumbi Kids 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Spirit of Barrumbi 2003 single work children's fiction ; Leaving Barrumbi 2007 single work children's fiction ; The Last Muster 2004 single work children's fiction ; Crocodile Attack 2004 single work picture book ; Brumby Plains 2006 series - author children's fiction ; Castaway 2007 single work children's fiction Arguing that 'the elemental adventure story is making a comeback' (8), Steinberger gives a brief overview of a number of Australian children's fictions which he sees as representing a 'new wave of outback adventures' (10). -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 30)
— Review of Croc Bait 2003 single work children's fiction
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Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 30)
— Review of Croc Bait 2003 single work children's fiction -
Out Back Adventures
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 22 no. 5 2007; (p. 8-10)
— Review of Croc on the Loose 2004 single work children's fiction ; The Giant Scrub Python 2003 single work children's fiction ; Cross Currents 1899 single work short story ; Bushfire Rescue 2005 single work children's fiction ; Crocodile Attack! 2005 single work children's fiction ; Scorpion Sting 2006 single work children's fiction ; Spider Bite 2007 single work children's fiction ; Secrets of Eromanga 2006 single work novel ; Blind Trek 2007 single work children's fiction ; 68 Teeth 2004 single work children's fiction ; Croc Bait 2003 single work children's fiction ; The Barrumbi Kids 2002 single work children's fiction ; The Spirit of Barrumbi 2003 single work children's fiction ; Leaving Barrumbi 2007 single work children's fiction ; The Last Muster 2004 single work children's fiction ; Crocodile Attack 2004 single work picture book ; Brumby Plains 2006 series - author children's fiction ; Castaway 2007 single work children's fiction Arguing that 'the elemental adventure story is making a comeback' (8), Steinberger gives a brief overview of a number of Australian children's fictions which he sees as representing a 'new wave of outback adventures' (10).
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