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y separately published work icon The Voyage of the Poppykettle Robert Ingpen , Adelaide : Rigby , 1980 Z667703 1980 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Worra and the Jilbruke Legend Madeleine Brunato , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z828463 1972 single work picture book children's Indigenous story
y separately published work icon Panic in the Cattle Country Leslie Rees , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z835735 1974 single work children's fiction children's Fifteen-year-old Tom Stuart takes charge of a cattle run near Alice Springs and things look grim when some of his animals are mysteriously slaughtered, but with the help of his younger sister and a bush pilot, the situation is turned around.
y separately published work icon Paper Boy James Preston , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z835891 1974 single work children's fiction children's Mike Grant had big problems. His father was a drunk, and his older brother was too lazy to get a job. At fourteen there wasn't much Mike could do to help his worried and over-worked mother, she didn't even have a washing machine, and Mike dreamed of surprising her with one on Christmas day.
y separately published work icon Tobi One, Tobi Two : The Story of a Boy Whose Parents Were Divorced Lesley Healy , Adelaide : Rigby , 1978 Z836053 1978 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon The Unchosen Land Robert Ingpen , Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 Z836302 1981 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Breakfast at the Zoo Shirley Despoja , Michael Atchison (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 Z836326 1981 single work picture book children's
y separately published work icon The Donkey Who Couldn't Find a Friend Diane Lancashire , Diane Lancashire (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z946733 1977 single work picture book children's
y separately published work icon The Carthorse Who Had Nothing To Do Diane Lancashire , Diane Lancashire (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z946740 1977 single work picture book children's
y separately published work icon The Wombat Who Ran Away Diane Lancashire , Diane Lancashire (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z946766 1977 single work picture book children's
y separately published work icon The War Wizards of Zanfree Ruth Homes , Adelaide : Rigby , 1984 Z999708 1984 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Humphrey and the Bees Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1376596 1972 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
y separately published work icon Humphrey and the Cats Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1376614 1972 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
y separately published work icon Humphrey's Visit to Hospital Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1376629 1972 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
y separately published work icon Humphrey's Visit to the Zoo Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1972 Z1376634 1972 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1972
y separately published work icon Daybreak Ann E. Wells , Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 Z948683 1973 single work prose Indigenous story children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1973
y separately published work icon The Fire in the Stone Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 Z269234 1973 single work children's fiction children's When his precious cache of opals is stolen, fourteen-year-old Ernie, who lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of inland Australia, sets out with a friend determined to find the thief. Adelaide : Rigby , 1973
y separately published work icon Stars in the Sky Ann E. Wells , Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 Z848521 1973 single work prose Indigenous story children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1973
y separately published work icon The Dew-Wet Earth Ann E. Wells , Adelaide : Rigby , 1973 Z849580 1973 single work prose Indigenous story children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1973
y separately published work icon Uncle Gustav's Ghosts Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z274019 1974 single work children's fiction humour children's

'Benny Geister's Uncle Gustav meets the first Unseen Presence on the Bethel Road, near the place where Maria Rollenberg and Marcus Kreutzer mysteriously disappeared on their wedding night half a century before. Maria, complete with wedding gown and veil, appears after a tin-kettling for two newlyweds. From then on the fun is fast and furious, as a succession of ghosts and ghoulies, phantom horses and poltergeists plague the Geister household and the community at large.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (New Holland 2005 edition).

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Magpie Island Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z667837 1974 single work children's fiction Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
Storm Boy Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z947092 1963 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Kumurins un Kamolins; Es protu lekt pari pelkem; Vetras zens 1999;

The story of a boy and his pelican, Mr Percival, who live on the South Australian Coorong.

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Too Many Guinea Pigs Penelope Janic , Penelope Janic (illustrator), Sydney Adelaide : Cleary Rigby , 1974 Z1060165 1974 single work picture book children's Sydney Adelaide : Cleary Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Taro's Kite : A Story Set in Japan Gillian Palmer , Richard Zaloudek (illustrator), Sydney Adelaide : Cleary Rigby , 1974 Z1183751 1974 single work picture book children's 'Taro and his friend Shota make a kite for Children's Day.' (Source: Book Seller) Sydney Adelaide : Cleary Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Samuel the Stickybeak Anteater Denise Burt , Tom Bishop (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z1370215 1974 single work picture book children's Inquisitive Samuel was always poking his long nose into things. However he didn't appreciate the nickname of Stickybeak until the rescue of honey possum made him proud of it. Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Bernard, the Brolga that Couldn't Dance Denise Burt , Tom Bishop (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1974 Z1370229 1974 single work picture book children's Bernard was unhappy that he couldn't dance as well as the other brolgas until they convinced him that his gift of making them laugh was just as valuable. Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1974
y separately published work icon The Adventures of Humphrey Bear Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z1376624 1974 selected work children's fiction Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Albatross Two Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z269034 1974 single work children's fiction children's

The tiny South Australian coastal town of Ripple Bay is changed when Albatross Two, a giant offshore oil rig arrives. As her brother is employed on the rig, Tina Banks tries to understand the need for oil exploration, until an oil spillage threatens to destroy all the coastal wildlife. (Source: Trove)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Lester the Dragon Lizard Denise Burt , Tom Bishop (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1974 Z835663 1974 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1974
y separately published work icon Storm Boy Picture Book Colin Thiele , David Kynoch (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z1057196 1976 single work picture book children's A picture book with the text adapted by Colin Thiele from his novel Storm Boy. The illustrations are photographs by David Kynoch taken on location during the making of the South Australian Film Corporation's film Storm Boy. Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
y separately published work icon Kryal Castle Under Siege Gordon A. Rule , Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z1376644 1976 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
y separately published work icon The Runaway Punt Michael Fitzgerald Page , Robert Ingpen (illustrator), Adelaide : Rigby , 1976 Z848464 1976 single work picture book children's humour Adelaide : Rigby , 1976
y separately published work icon The Drawing That Thought It Was an Animal Peter Rigozzi , Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z1365971 1977 single work picture book children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon The Shadow on the Hills Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1977 Z222087 1977 single work children's fiction children's

'Ebenezer Blitz, an eccentric hermit who lives in the Australian hills with his half-dingo, half-domesticated dog, evokes in young, high-spirited Bodo Schneider strong feelings of loyalty and compassion.'

Source: HarperCollins ed.

 Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1977
y separately published work icon A New Horse for Marny Libby Anderson , Dorothy Schwarz , Adelaide : Rigby , 1977 Z869786 1977 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1977
y separately published work icon Blue Fin Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1969 Z918946 1969 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Storm Boy ; Blue Fin 1982;

'Everyone in Port Lincoln thinks Snook Pascoe is a loser. People joke about his clumsiness; his teacher ridicules him and even his father, skipper of the tuna boat Blue Fin, is convinced that Snook will never amount to anything. After all, tuna fishing is a hard life for ‘real men’.

'When Snook is allowed, for once, to sail on Blue Fin he faces a terrifying disaster. A waterspout engulfs the ship, the deck is swept clean, the radio and rudder are wrecked, the engine is disabled, the crew is lost overboard and Snook’s father lies unconscious down below. Snook is on his own, far out to sea…' (Publication summary)

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1978
y separately published work icon Ballander Boy Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z827141 1979 single work children's fiction children's adventure Adelaide : Rigby , 1979
y separately published work icon River Murray Mary Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z827975 1979 single work children's fiction children's adventure Mary's parents settle on the banks of the River Murray as part of a soldier settlement. She makes friends with Abel Stenross who owns a paddlesteamer, and shows her courage in getting a doctor for her mother who is injured during a flood. Adelaide : Rigby , 1979
y separately published work icon Tanya and Trixie Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1980 Z828165 1980 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1980
y separately published work icon Thiele Tales : Three Long Stories for Children Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1980 Z828199 1980 selected work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1980
y separately published work icon The Valley Between Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 Z269536 1981 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour Adelaide : Rigby , 1981
y separately published work icon Little Tom Little Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1981 Z667870 1981 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1981
y separately published work icon When We Ran Keith Leopold , Adelaide : Rigby , 1981 Z836233 1981 single work novel young adult Adelaide : Rigby , 1981
y separately published work icon Pinquo Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1983 Z827822 1983 single work children's fiction children's adventure 'Pinquo is a fairy penguin, who can swim, skip and dive faster than the blink of an eye. When Pinquo is wounded, the children Kirsty and Tim take him to Dr Piper, and they all look after Pinquo until he is ready to go to sea. Later the penguin with the droopy walk and kinky flipper comes back into their lives, with his new family. When disaster strikes Sickle Bay, Pinquo leads a mad stampede of a thousand frenzied penguins, to save the townspeople.' (Source: Bookseller's website) Adelaide : Rigby , 1983
y separately published work icon The Shadow on the Hills Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby Opal , 1977 Z222087 1977 single work children's fiction children's

'Ebenezer Blitz, an eccentric hermit who lives in the Australian hills with his half-dingo, half-domesticated dog, evokes in young, high-spirited Bodo Schneider strong feelings of loyalty and compassion.'

Source: HarperCollins ed.

 Adelaide : Rigby , 1984
y separately published work icon Seeker Seven Dafne Bidwell , Adelaide : Rigby , 1984 Z841138 1984 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide : Rigby , 1984
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