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'Follows the history of South Australian writing through Tarella Quin Daskein, 'Elizabeth Powell' and Rex Ingamells to contemporary writers such as Colin Thiele, Christobel Mattingley and Barbara Hanrahan' (source: Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature (1993).
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* Contents derived from the Norwood,Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,Adelaide - North / North East,Adelaide,South Australia,:WAV,1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
'When his wife scolds him, Mr Jigsaw literally falls to pieces, which Mrs Jigsaw finds very annoying. She sends him away with threepence, a new toothbrush, and a clean handkerchief. Mr Jigsaw meets a boy with his feet back to front and takes him home with him after Mr Jigsaw has been stuck together by the Glue Man' (Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature 350).
In preparation for a Halloween party a young girl, Kirsty, goes to the Magic Shop to buy a witch's mask. Kirsty is rather rude to Yen Wu, the Chinese owner of the shop, and then expects her mother to make a cloak and hat to match. It is obvious from the text that Kirsty can be petulant and demanding. On arrival at the Halloween party Kirsty spies another person dressed in exactly the same costume including the scary mask. Much to her indignation, the other person seems rather elusive and Kirsty cannot quite discover who she is. Kirsty falls asleep on the couch and only awakens when the party is over. Imagine her surprise when she goes towards her parents' car only to discover they are leaving without her.