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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Trend Books
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Notes

  • Trend Books is a 'series of readers for slow adolescent readers, mostly written by Bettina Bird, sometimes in collaboration with Ian Falk and also under various pseudonyms. This series was first published in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with reprints and additional titles added throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

    First published by Cheshire, then Cheshire Ginn, and recently by Longman Cheshire, most titles have been reprinted annually since first publication. The series consists of three sections; Trend Books, Approach Trend and Trendset, the later intended for adolescent readers. In subsequent reprints some titles changed category and covers were updated with new illustrations. A number of titles were also published overseas.' Source: Australian Children's Books Volume 1, by Marcie Muir (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992) and Australian Children's Books Volume 2, by Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992).

  • Not all titles in this series are individually listed in AustLit. For information about works in this series see Australian Children's Books, Volume 1, by Marcie Muir (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992) and Australian Children's Books Volume 2, by Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992).

Includes

TE1; TS5
y separately published work icon The Snowdroppers Tony Scanlon , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z829974 1969 single work children's fiction children's humour The zany adventures of three rascals who take to stealing people's washing from their clotheslines, until they are nabbed by the local constabulary. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
T8
y separately published work icon Gaye Lizzie Tony Scanlon , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z829971 1969 single work children's fiction children's Teenagers have fun at a party and running a charity disco through their high school class. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
Trend - T9; Trendset - TS5
y separately published work icon Cry On a Foggy Night Tony Scanlon , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z837633 1969 single work children's fiction children's horror A teenager and his girlfriend hear a blood curdling scream on a foggy night and fear the worst, but back at home the mystery is solved much to everyone's relief. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
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y separately published work icon A Fabulous Day in the Life of Professor Mortimer G. Mugwump Bettina Bird , Tony Scanlon , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z847100 1969 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
y separately published work icon Robbie Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z847115 1968 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968
y separately published work icon Some Trannie That! Lawrie Seawell , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z847118 1968 single work children's fiction children's Tony receives a transistor radio for his birthday, and after hearing a police message, he finds a stolen car and uses the reward money to throw a party for his friends. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968
y separately published work icon Coffee at Charlie's Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z847136 1968 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968
y separately published work icon The Dark House and Rabbit Trap Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z848437 1968 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968
y separately published work icon Crash Landing Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968 Z848440 1968 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1968
y separately published work icon Old Bootleg Rob Noske , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z837003 1969 single work children's fiction children's Glenn is unhappy at leaving his cycling club behind when his family moves from the city, but he soon discovers a new club, makes some friends, and the family settles happily into the new community. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
y separately published work icon Bindi-Eye Lawrie Seawell , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z848443 1969 single work children's fiction children's Jeff is very interested in his racing pigeons but especially in Bindi-eye, but he discovers there are some unpleasant hazards to his hobby such as thieves and eagles. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
y separately published work icon Watcher on the Wharf Terry Nash , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969 Z848964 1969 single work children's fiction children's Fifteen year old Marco is trying to free his snagged fishing line when he encounters a drug-smuggler under the old wharf. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1969
y separately published work icon It Happened On Saturday Bettina Bird , Tony Scanlon , Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1970 Z1393488 1970 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1970
y separately published work icon Cold at Five Scud Morgan , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1970 Z1550969 1970 single work children's fiction children's Rick, whose father has left the family, gets a job helping the milkman to get the money to buy football boots. Melbourne : Cheshire , 1970
y separately published work icon It Happened One Summer Kurt Hogen , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1970 Z830366 1970 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1970
y separately published work icon Sudden Death Ian Falk , Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971 Z848494 1971 single work children's fiction children's

'That bridge was sudden death when a train came around the bend.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (1993 reprint).

Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971
y separately published work icon Danger Ride Bettina Bird , Ian Falk , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971 Z848500 1971 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971
y separately published work icon A Real City Kid Ian Falk , Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971 Z848506 1971 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1971
y separately published work icon Hey, That's My Bike! Bettina Bird , Ian Falk , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1972 Z848497 1972 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1972
y separately published work icon Red Hot Mountain Bettina Bird , Ian Falk , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1972 Z848503 1972 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1972
y separately published work icon Odd One Out Bettina Bird , Ian Falk , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1973 Z1550798 1973 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Cheshire , 1973
y separately published work icon Dead Man's Float Roger Vaughan Carr , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1973 Z1831281 1973 single work novel crime thriller

A teenage surfer is unwittingly caught up with a gang of smugglers.

Melbourne : Cheshire , 1973
y separately published work icon A Face in the Water Dale Gordon , Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975 Z1550956 1975 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975
y separately published work icon Let's Move Kerry Martin , Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975 Z1550959 1975 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975
y separately published work icon '...And the Eyes Moved' Scud Morgan , Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975 Z1550976 1975 single work children's fiction children's detective On the run for a shoplifting offence he didn't commit Sammy stumbles across a gang of local boys in their hideout and is not only able to clear his name, but to solve the crime and make new friends as well. Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1975
y separately published work icon S. C. A. B. Manny Clarke , Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1976 Z1550950 1976 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1976
y separately published work icon White Lie Kerry Martin , Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1976 Z1550964 1976 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne London : Cheshire Ginn , 1976
y separately published work icon Space Bus to Vella Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Longman Cheshire Ginn , 1980 Z667747 1980 single work children's fiction science fiction children's Melbourne : Longman Cheshire Ginn , 1980
y separately published work icon Vicky Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Longman Cheshire Ginn , 1980 Z667762 1980 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Longman Cheshire Ginn , 1980
y separately published work icon I Bet You Ian Falk , Bettina Bird , Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1983 22801031 1983 single work children's fiction children's Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1983

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First known date: 1969
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