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Biddy has to abandon her pony Bella when she becomes trapped in quicksand, but somehow the pony escapes and Biddy's subsequent search for Bella leads her to an exciting discovery.

Notes

  • Included in the 1998 White Raven's Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Special mention.

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.

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    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1997 .
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      Extent: 162p.
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      ISBN: 1863739319
      Series: y separately published work icon A Little Ark Book Allen and Unwin (publisher), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 1988- 11639330 1988 series - publisher
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
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      Americas,      :       Houghton Mifflin ,       1998 .
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      Extent: 136p.
      ISBN: 0395937493
    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 162p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 1865080071
    • East Melbourne, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
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      Extent: 168p.
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      • Fifteenth-anniversary edition.
      • Published: 1st January 2012
      ISBN: 9781742378008
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2021 .
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      Extent: 176p.
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      • Published: 2nd March 2021
      ISBN: 9781760526306
Alternative title: Drijfzand
Language: Dutch
    • Averbode, Flanders, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe,: Altiora , ca. 2000 .
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      Extent: 130p.
      ISBN: 9031715867
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[Review] The Quicksand Pony Joy Steward , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 42 no. 1 1998; (p. 42)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Quicksand Pony Kitty Flynn , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Jan/February vol. 74 no. 1 1998; (p. 66 - 67)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
Pony Club Nadia Wheatley , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 197 1997-1998; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
Novels to feed a child's dreams Eleanor Stodart , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 November 1997; (p. Panorama 25)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Quicksand Pony Joan Zahnleiter , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 12 no. 5 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Quicksand Pony Joy Steward , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 42 no. 1 1998; (p. 42)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Quicksand Pony Joan Zahnleiter , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 12 no. 5 1997; (p. 32)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
Novels to feed a child's dreams Eleanor Stodart , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 November 1997; (p. Panorama 25)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
[Review] The Quicksand Pony Kitty Flynn , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Jan/February vol. 74 no. 1 1998; (p. 66 - 67)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
Pony Club Nadia Wheatley , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 197 1997-1998; (p. 60-61)
— Review of The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester , 1997 single work children's fiction
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