Cirrus@Austlit

'The stuffed toy koalas seen in tourist shops have only a sanitised resemblance to Saxby's and Vivas's real life koala ; Nor do their animals live and idyllic life in an arcadian landscape. Their koala lives in the real world and needs to survive the vicissitudes of life in the Australian bush.' (Introduction)

'Golden Legacy is the story of the rise and, almost, fall of an icon of children's book publishing. But t is more than that. It is a story of business acumen highlighting a model that thrived for many years through the dedication to its initial principles allied to an ability to recognise and act upon changing societal patterns.' (Introduction)

'A simple excursion for a family of ducks very quickly becomes an amusing and clever vehicle for a non threatening introduction to counting.' (Introduction)

'On the eve of the publication of another series of books set in the fabulous land of Deltora Kevin Steinberger and Rayma Turton talked to Emily Rodda bout the conception and on-going development of a world.' (12)