Matthew Martin Matthew Martin i(A24692 works by)
Born: Established: 1952 ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Very Popular Me James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2019 16432920 2019 single work children's fiction children's

'Sam's finally got what he always wanted - he's popular!

He's owns the school's most wanted marble, kids sit with him at lunch and even Johnny Wilson has stopped calling him 'Derr-brain'.

Things are looking up at home too. When his new baby sister arrives, he'll no longer be a lonely, only child.

But when Sam becomes the teacher's pet his popularity drops faster than a tomato in a lift. Soon even his best friend Gary won't talk to him, and the new kid at home is an attention sucking, crying disaster.

Who knew that getting exactly what you wanted could be so painful?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon Unpopular Me James O'Loghlin , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018 13723889 2018 single work children's fiction children's

'New kids aren't cool. Everyone knows that. Eleven-year-old Sam is the new kid at school but he has a plan, or two, or three to make himself the most popular kid ever. What you are about to read is unforgettable (lonely losers, frog underpants, human umbrellas, bad boys ...). It's bumpy (jumping out a window is never a good idea). It's the story of a kid who wants to be more. P.S. Sam was not harmed (too much) during the telling of this story.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon The Marvellous Funambulist of Middle Harbour and Other Sydney Firsts Hilary Bell , Matthew Martin , Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2015 8828948 2015 single work picture book children's

'Age range 6-10 years This whimsical, witty history of Sydney will entertain and inform children like nothing else they've seen! Through a series of (unexpected) 'firsts', Hilary Bell and Matthew Martin trace the events, people and places that have shaped their city, however unintentionally. Where else will you find Sydney's first traffic light sharing pages with its first tightrope walk across Middle Harbour? (And just so you know, it was performed by the marvellous funambulist Henri L'Estrange in 1877.)' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Christmas Peg Cameron Williams , Matthew Martin (illustrator), Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 7578107 2015 single work picture book children's

'From Cameron Williams and Matthew Martin comes a hilarious and energetic story about the worst Christmas present ever. Wal tries to be good, he really does, but his bad behaviour lands him on Santa's Naughty List. And all he gets for Christmas is a peg. Can Wal ever change his ways?' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon Frank and the Secret Club Debra Oswald , Camberwell : Puffin , 2005 Z1181143 2005 single work children's fiction children's When Lewis is given a spy kit for his birthday, he and his best friend form a secret club at school. Soon they are in all sorts of trouble.
2 1 y separately published work icon Nathan and the Ice Rockets Debra Oswald , Ringwood : Puffin , 1998 Z834604 1998 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Aussie Bites 2000;

'Hardly anyone notices Nathan, the new boy. Except the school bully. But when the Ice Rocket competition begins, people get to know Nathan for what he really is...'  (Publication summary)
1 I Travelled West i "I travelled West to find the Truth", Matthew Martin , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Sea Change : Australian Writing and Photography 1998; (p. 107-111)
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