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1 y separately published work icon The Leopard Poachers Kathy Hoopmann , United Kingdom (UK) : Collins Educational , 2011 Z1849083 2011 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'High in the Arabian mountains, Ali and Sameer gaze in wonder at a leopard. When the leopard roars with pain after being shot Sameer and Ali flee, terrified that they will fall victim to the leopard poachers' (Source: publisher's website).
2 15 y separately published work icon The Lake at the End of the World Caroline Macdonald , Auckland : Hodder and Stoughton , 1988 Z54958 1988 single work novel young adult science fiction

The year is 2025. Hector leaves his underground community which has been isolated for over half a century. Above ground he meets Diana. She lives a very different life beside a mystical lake, with her mother and crippled father. Suspicious of each other's versions of history, it is only when they are forced to visit the place of Hector's birth that their dependence on each other becomes clear.
1 1 y separately published work icon Terrible Tracy : A Cautionary Tale Rodney McRae , Rodney McRae (illustrator), Sydney : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1989 Z847082 1989 single work picture book children's ' Terrible Tracy and her man-eating plant were banished to a desert island where Tracy's greed finally earned its fitting reward.' (Libraries Australia record).
3 7 y separately published work icon Edward the Emu Sheena Knowles , Rod Clement (illustrator), Sydney : Collins Anne Ingram Books , 1988 Z832117 1988 single work picture book children's fiction children's humour

'Edward the emu was sick of the zoo,

There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do,

And compared to the seals that lived right next door,

Well being an emu was frankly a bore.

'Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals. He spends a day lounging with the lions. He even does a stint slithering with the snakes.

'But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. And so he returns to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him. . . .

'Edward is tired of being an emu, so he decides to try being something else for a change. First he spends some time swimming with the seals. Next, he lounges with the lions. He even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may not be so bad after all. So he heads back to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him . . .' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Walloobahl : A Story From Australia Mollie Clarke , Tony Morris (illustrator), London : Collins Educational , 1984 Z1479310 1984 single work picture book Indigenous story children's When the adults go hunting, the children at the camp are surprised by a strange boy, Walloobahl, who attemps to steal their food. As the children attempt to retrieve their food supplies, Walloobahl grows into a giant and escapes. On the next day, the leader of the tribe manages to stun Walloobahl who retreats into the scrub. The tribe finds a bark-lizard in his place and from then on name all bark-lizards Walloobahl.
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