Kume Minoru (International) assertion Kume Minoru i(A59165 works by) (a.k.a. 久米穰)
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3 9 y separately published work icon Where the Whales Sing Victor Kelleher , Vivienne Goodman (illustrator), ( trans. Kume Minoru with title Kujira no uta ga kikoeru )with title クジラの歌がきこえる ) Tokyo : Kin no Hoshisha , 1996 Z511704 1994 single work picture book children's "When Claire is stranded on the boat after her father is thrown overboard in a storm, she spends days and nights alone, her only solace being the whales that seem strangely to accompany and protect her." (Source: Trove)
3 5 y separately published work icon Adrift Allan Baillie , ( trans. Kume Minoru with title 木箱にのった漂流 ) Tokyo : Bunken Shuppan , 1986 Z845860 1984 single work children's fiction children's While playing pirates with his little sister and her cat in an old crate he finds on the beach, a young boy suddenly discovers they are adrift on the sea and that he must somehow keep them all alive.
2 1 y separately published work icon It Looks Different When You Get There Elisabeth MacIntyre , ( trans. Kume Minoru with title Jeni no shiawase sagashi ) Tokyo : Shueisha , 1984 Z667599 1978 single work novel young adult Jenny Williamson is attending university when she discovers she is pregnant. Contrary to the well meant advice of friends and family, she decides to drop out of university and look after her baby herself.
10 4 y separately published work icon Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , ( trans. Kume Minoru with title Fusen o tobase ) Tokyo : Hyoronsha , 1982 Z792182 1968 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Three Novels : The Fox Hole; Let the Balloon Go; Over the Top 1975;

Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelve-year-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.

(Source: Trove)
11 3 y separately published work icon The Fox Hole Lis'ia Nora Ivan Southall , ( trans. Kume Minoru with title Fokkusu horu : mayonaka ni tada hitori ) Tokyo : Hyoronsha , 1977 Z792173 1967 single work children's fiction children's When a 10 year-old boy gets caught in an abandoned mine shaft, his aunt and uncle's concern rapidly turns to greed as gold is discovered during their rescue attempts. (Source: Trove)
3 2 y separately published work icon Down to Earth Patricia Wrightson , ( trans. Sugimoto Kazufumi e et. al. )agent with title Wakusei kara kita shonen ) Tokyo : Akane Shobo , 1971 Z44039 1965 single work children's fiction children's science fiction 'A group of Sydney children encounters a strange boy, Martin, a space traveller who does not see life from the same perspective as we do, and who requires a great of protection from some adults if he is to be able to return home safely before the next full moon'. (Source: Trove.)
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