Pauline Deeves Pauline Deeves i(A86748 works by)
Gender: Female
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 y separately published work icon Get Me Out of Here! Pauline Deeves , Brent Wilson (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2022 24389569 2022 single work information book children's

'Full of crims, crooks and rascally runaways, this fun and lighthearted non-fiction title is a colourful celebration of our convict past

'Meet the convicts behind Australia's most rascally, dastardly prison escapes. Gifted geniuses or total goofballs? You be the judge!

'Featuring Moondyne Joe, Mary Bryant, and a guy who put on a kangaroo skin and hopped away (literally), this fun and engaging collection brings our country's early colonial past to life.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Foolish and Fearless Convict Escapes Pauline Deeves , 2022 Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2022 24389542 2022 series - author information book
1 y separately published work icon All Aboard! : True Train Tales Pauline Deeves , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2019 17137297 2019 single work children's fiction children's '"I come from a railway family. My dad drives trains, my grandpa was an engine driver and so was his father ..." 

'Jack loves visiting Grandpa in his old train carriage. He loves helping him in the train museum. And he loves hearing his stories about trains and railways. From runaway engines to people-powered carriages, train-robbing bushrangers and lifesaving pointsmen, Grandpa always has a tale to pass the time. Best of all, every one of them is true. 

'Join Jack and his Grandpa as they journey through Australian railway history - and try to save the town's precious train museum. 

'Budding young train enthusiasts will love poring over the historic photos and facts and figures at the end of each chapter, and testing their knowledge in the 'Train Your Brain' quizzes. ' (Publication summary)
1 3 y separately published work icon Socks, Sandbags & Leeches : Letters to My Anzac Dad Pauline Deeves , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2016 9252045 2016 single work children's fiction correspondence children's

'Ivy and her mother live in Australia, far away from where the Great War is raging. They have moved in with Aunt Hilda whose flat is so small that Ivy has to sleep under the kitchen table. Not only that, but she also has to empty Aunt Hilda’s chamber pot! ‘The Pests’ live in the flat on one side and, on the other side, lives grumpy old Mr Wilson—who has a deep secret.

'Ivy writes to her father, who is fighting overseas. She tells him all about life at home—how the family has little money; how she and other children have to sew sandbags, knit socks and roll up bandages for the war; how she volunteers for the Cheer Up Society, making cups of tea at the wharf when the hospital ships come in; and how the Big Pest collects leeches for the hospital.

'Socks, Sandbags and Leeches is set against the backdrop of the First World War—the Gallipoli landings and withdrawal, the propaganda in Australia and the false reports in the newspapers, schoolchildren’s war work and fundraising, the return of wounded and shell-shocked soldiers, and eventually the wonderful news of peace.

'My Anzac Dad is different from most children’s books set in the First World War as, rather than telling the story of war experiences from a soldier’s point of view, it describes life for the people on the home front and the attitudes towards the involvement of Australia in the war. In the 20 letters, written between 1914 and 1918, Ivy covers a range of topics, such as increasing prices and rents, war work, the Cheer Up Society, cramped living conditions, entertainment and sport during wartime, the battle of Broken Hill, attacks on German shops and churches, people’s paranoia, school during wartime, houses of the poor compared to the rich, sock knitting, being patriotic, wounded soldiers, conscription, and coo-ee marches.

'It is easy to relate to Ivy whose chatty letters make the book very accessible to readers. It is an appealing way to describe to children what life was like 100 years ago, in wartime.

'In addition, each letter is accompanied by a highly illustrated spread, giving further information about the topics that Ivy mentions.' (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon Midnight Burial Pauline Deeves , Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2014 7174832 2014 single work novel

'Florence is confused. Her family says her older sister Lizzie died of fever and should be buried immediately. No doctor is called, no clergyman is present and no neighbours are asked to come. The burial happens at night. In 1860s Australia, on a remote sheep station, the staff do not ask questions.

'Life has been good for young Florence. She has her pony and her birds, her older sisters spoil her and even her very strict father often gives way to her. But after Lizzie’s burial, the atmosphere in her home changes. People are grieving, but there is much gossip. Family and staff members whisper in corners and no one will answer Florence’s questions. No one visits Lizzie’s grave. The arrival of her new governess, Susannah, a friend of Lizzie’s, adds to the tension. Susannah does not believe that Lizzie died of fever. With Susannah, Florence sets out to discover the true story of what has happened to her sister. ' (Publication abstract)

1 1 y separately published work icon Losers? Pauline Deeves , Malvern : Omnibus Books , 2011 Z1811359 2011 single work children's fiction children's 'Losers? is a warm, funny tale with a true Aussie heart. Pauline Deeves' story explores the question of what makes winners and losers, because sometimes what we think is happening is the opposite of the truth.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Barbarians Pauline Deeves , 2004 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Refuge : stories 2004;
X