Mary Small Mary Small i(A5235 works by) (a.k.a. Mary Margaret Small; Hilda Mary Margaret Small)
Born: Established: 1932 Plymouth, Devon (County),
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1962
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BiographyHistory

Mary Small trained as a speech therapist in London in 1954. After emigrating to Australia she worked at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne for eighteen months before touring Australia.

Small has been associated with the charitable organisation Riding for the Disabled Association of Australia since 1974. She edited that organisation's journal Riding Free. Small also published numerous non-fiction works for children, including Simpson and Duffy (1989), adapted from Not Only a Hero by Tom Curran (q.v.). She has also contributed a number of works to the 'Way to Be!' series of children's books of moral instruction published in the United States of America.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Mary Small has written readers in various series for primary schools.
  • For information about this author's works for children not included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).
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