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Is part of Australian Messenger Library series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Roma, Margaret Joan, and the Poet
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This is a selection of five short stories, each involving a conversation between a poet and two children, Roma and Margaret Joan. Each time the poet tells the children a story with a religious theme (usually a story relating to the life of Christ).

Notes

  • 'I am convinced that there is no writer in the English Language who, in stories about children, shows such delicacy of treatment and exquisite artistry' (from the Foreword by Eustace Boylan).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:J. S. McClelland , 1939 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Legend of the Bees, Miriam Agatha , single work children's fiction children's (p. 7-16)
How the Spider Helped, Miriam Agatha , single work children's fiction children's (p. 17-27)
The Veil of the Wheat, Miriam Agatha , single work children's fiction children's (p. 28-40)
The Robbers' Cave, Miriam Agatha , single work children's fiction children's (p. 41-51)
The Dead Bird, Miriam Agatha , single work children's fiction children's (p. 52-63)

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