Leila Pirani Leila Pirani i(A14417 works by)
Born: Established: 1892 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1963
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Dandelion Dick Leila Pirani , Melbourne : Ramsay-Ware Publishing , 1950-1959 Z1356379 1950-1959 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Mrs. Hen Counts Her Chickens Leila Pirani , Norman Davies (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1949 Z1356407 1949 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon The Princess of the Water-Lilies Leila Pirani , Melbourne : W.H. McKechnie , 1946 Z1353362 1946 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Little Hans of Holland Leila Pirani , Melbourne : Ramsay-Ware Publishing , 1945 Z1356370 1945 single work children's fiction children's Little Hans is a gardener. It's been a long time since he left his native Holland, but he is still homesick. The other gardeners are mean to him, and Hans feels lonely. But then he discovers that the animals and plants can talk, and they are talking to him.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Old Man River of Australia : A Saga of the River Murray Leila Pirani , Sydney : John Sands , 1945 Z1271340 1945 single work children's fiction children's The Murray River tells the story, in the first person, of scenes it has witnessed. It includes observations of Aborigines, explorers and early settlers.
1 y separately published work icon Lazy the Pig and His Chinese Adventures Leila Pirani , Melbourne : Ramsay-Ware Publishing , 1945 Z955493 1945 single work children's fiction children's fantasy A porcelain ornament, Lazy the Pig, is placed in the 'Chinese room' and meets Chinese characters.
1 y separately published work icon Everybody's Babies Leila Pirani , Betty Paterson (illustrator), Melbourne : s.n. , 1944 Z1356548 1944 single work picture book children's A picture book in which Pirani responds to Paterson's drawings of babies. She makes up names and fictionalised habits for the various babies in the sketches.
1 y separately published work icon I Met Them in China Leila Pirani , Melbourne : Robertson and Mullens , 1944 Z8348 1944 selected work poetry children's Contains author note that states: 'China, as anyone who has been there knows, is unforgettable. In this book I have set down a few impressions of a country and a people I love.' Includes poems and illustrations detailing a dragon procession, a fortune-teller, and goldfish.
1 y separately published work icon Wartime Stew (Slightly Sweetened) Leila Pirani , Melbourne : Victory Publicity , 1944 Z8144 1944 selected work short story poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Passport for Paradise Leila Pirani , Jean Campbell , Sydney : Currawong , 1943 Z7926 1943 single work novel romance
1 The Chinese Dollar Leila Pirani , 1940 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades III and IV , August no. 498 1940; (p. 98-100) When fortunate Mou Hui has a birthday he is given many presents, but when he goes to spend his dollar coin in the Peking market place he sees a boy who is starving and gives him the money instead.
1 The Terrible Twins Again Leila Pirani , 1939 single work children's fiction
1 Holiday Road Leila Pirani , 1938 single work children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Cowboys and Indians, or, The Story of Grey Eagle and The Palefaces : A Juvenile Operetta Leila Pirani , Alfred Wheeler (composer), Melbourne : Allan and Co. , 1937 Z1512463 1937 single work musical theatre children's
1 y separately published work icon Play Day in Happy Holland : A Juvenile Operetta Leila Pirani , Edith Harrhy (composer), Melbourne : Allan and Co. , 1937 Z1512329 1937 single work musical theatre children's 'The boys and girls in a little Dutch town are having a holiday ... everything is happy, until they start talking about the Burgemeester, who is a very cruel man ... the children all begin to worry about what they can do to help ... Min gets the idea of giving the Burgemeester such a fright that he'll turn over a new leaf altogether ... In the end, Grumpygrowl promises to be a better Burgemeester and to let everybody do everything they want.'
2 China Ahoy! Leila Pirani , 1937 single work children's fiction
1 Midst of Life Leila Pirani , 1936 single work short story
— Appears in: Flame , October vol. 1 no. 3 1936; (p. 12-14)
1 y separately published work icon The Policeman's Holiday Leila Pirani , Montague Ewing (composer), Melbourne : Allan and Co. , 1936 Z1511106 1936 single work lyric/song children's
1 y separately published work icon Old Mr Sundown in Fairyland Leila Pirani , Mirrie Hill (composer), Melbourne : Allan and Co. , 1935 Z1512364 1935 single work musical theatre children's
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