Desmond Digby Desmond Digby i(A51355 works by)
Born: Established: 1933 Auckland, Auckland (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
; Died: Ceased: 10 Apr 2015 Scotts Head, Macksville area, Nambucca area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1959
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1 y separately published work icon The Selected Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles S. A. Wakefield , Sydney South : HarperCollins Australia , 2015 8920946 2015 selected work children's fiction

'A new edition containing selected stories of these favourite Australian characters.

'Deep in the bush live some very strange creatures ...

Bottersnikes live in rubbish heaps along dusty roadsides in the lonely Australian bush. They have green wrinkly skin, cheese grater noses and long, pointed ears that go red when they are angry. Which is most of the time.

Giggling Gumbles live in the bush, too. They are cheerful little creatures who can be squashed into all sorts of shapes, but cannot pop back into their proper shape unless helped. This makes the friendly Gumbles useful to the lazy Bottersnikes, who have some very nasty plans ...

The Bottersnikes may have some tricks up their sleeves, but so do the resourceful Gumbles.

The battle has begun!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Complete Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles S. A. Wakefield , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1996 Z947763 1996 selected work children's fiction children's humour
1 y separately published work icon Gumbles in Trouble S. A. Wakefield , Sydney : Collins , 1980 Z947759 1980 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 2 y separately published work icon Gumbles in Summer S. A. Wakefield , Sydney : Collins , 1979 Z846619 1979 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 1 y separately published work icon Gumbles on Guard S. A. Wakefield , Sydney : Collins , 1975 Z938796 1975 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 5 y separately published work icon Waltzing Matilda A. B. Paterson , Desmond Digby (illustrator), Sydney London : Collins , 1970 Z944905 1970 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Poems Peter Porter , 1968 Z1086930 1968 selected work poetry
5 7 y separately published work icon Bottersnikes and Gumbles S. A. Wakefield , Desmond Digby (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1967 Z667712 1967 single work children's fiction children's humour fantasy

'Bottersnikes are the laziest creatures, probably, in the whole world.

They are too lazy to dig burrows, like rabbits, or to find hollow trees to live in as the small animals do, and would be horrified at the work of building nests, like birds. Bottersnikes find their homes readymade, in rubbish heaps. When they find a pile of tins, pots, pans and junk, they think it is lovely, and crawl in. And live there, sleeping mostly. Best of all they like the rubbish heaps along dusty roadsides in the lonely Australian bush, where they can sleep for weeks, undisturbed.' (Publication Summary)

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