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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Victorian Readers : Third Book
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Victoria Education Department , 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Riding Songi"Flippity-flop! Flippity-flop!", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry (p. p.6)
Spring-Songi"Sing out and be happy!", Roderic Quinn , single work poetry (p. 1)
Walking to Schooli"Now I am five, my father says", Ethel Turner , single work poetry children's (p. 9-12)
Note: Illustrated by W.S. Wemyss
Mates, single work children's fiction children's
A boy is given the chance of employment at a newspaper office for the night shift but he must find a pair of boots to wear. Overhearing his plight another young boy, working the day shift, offers his boots if he can have them ready each morning to exchange back until he earns enough to purchase his own.
 (p. 12-15)
The Letter that Flew Away, Natalie Joan Engleheart , single work children's fiction children's
Ann's friends are too ill to come to her birthday party but the March wind takes her invitation across the fields to the delight of a group of goblins who attend instead.
 (p. 41-47)
Note: Illustrated by W. S. Wemyss (q.v.)
The Crow and the Crane: An Aboriginal Legend, K. Langloh Parker , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 51-52)
How Dumb Animals Talk, single work prose children's
Describes how animals can make themselves understood almost as well as if they had the gift of speech.
 (p. 81-82)
The Fairy Mani"It was, it was a fairy man", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 95-96)
The Spider Orchid, J. J. Hall , single work children's fiction children's
When a ground spider helps the Queen of the Fairies care for an injured moth, she grants him his wish to be beautiful by turning him into an orchid with her song.
 (p. 111-113)
What the Sea-shell Saidi"A boy and a girl once found a shell", Donald MacDonald , single work poetry children's (p. 114)
Dot and the Kangaroo, Stella Chapman , Douglas Ancelon , single work extract drama children's (p. 116-120)
Cradle Songi"Baby, O baby, fain you are for bed,", Louis Esson , single work poetry (p. 134)
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