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Issue Details: First known date: 1990-... 1990- Australian Children's Classics (Angus & Robertson)
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y separately published work icon The Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat The Muddle-Headed Wombat Ruth Park , Noela Young (illustrator), Berlin : Dressler , 1974 Z1752234 1974 selected work children's fiction children's humour Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1990
y separately published work icon The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill Dorothy Wall , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1939 Z813403 1939 selected work children's fiction children's North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Snugglepot and Cuddlepie May Gibbs , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1940 Z916552 1940 selected work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Kumurins un Kamolins; Es protu lekt pari pelkem; Vetras zens 1999;

'This quintessential collection of May Gibbs’ classic stories was first published in 1940 and has never been out of print since! Featuring the tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (first published in 1918) and its two sequels, Little Ragged Blossom (1920) and Little Obelia (1921). In this new edition, all of May’s original artwork has been sourced and re-scanned and the illustrations look as exquisite as the day May put down her paintbrush all those years ago.' (Source: author's website)

North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990
y separately published work icon Dot and the Kangaroo Ethel Pedley , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , Z822948 1899 single work children's fiction children's

'Lost and afraid in the darkening bush, Dot is befriended by a kind Kangaroo. She eats the berries of understanding and is then able to communicate with all the bush creatures, who eventually guide her home.

'The intriguing tale of Dot and her Kangaroo is told by Ethel Pedley with the charm that has made this book an Australian favourite since it was first published in 1899. Now, as then, children will be enthralled by this oldest of Australian classics, it will endure to entertain generations to come.' (Publication summary)

North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
y separately published work icon Seven Little Australians Ethel Turner , London Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Bowden , 1894 Z863667 1894 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 25 units)

'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.'

'Her father, Captain Woolcot, found his vivacious, cheeky daughter impossible – but seven children were really too much for him and most of the time they ran wild at their rambling riverside home, Misrule.

'Step inside and meet them all – dreamy Meg, and Pip, daring Judy, naughty Bunty, Nell, Baby and the youngest, 'the General'. Come and share in their lives, their laughter and their tears.' (From the publisher's website.)

North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1991
y separately published work icon The Magic Pudding : Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff Norman Lindsay , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1918 Z862346 1918 single work children's fiction children's humour satire (taught in 4 units) "The adventures of two koalas, a penguin, an old sailor and a cantankerous walking, talking pudding that is vulnerable to thieves." Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995
y separately published work icon Gumnut Babies May Gibbs , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 2001 Z968521 2001 selected work picture book children's fiction children's

'A delightful collection of some of May Gibbs's most charming 'bush babies' stories.

May Gibbs's marvellous creation - the Gumnut world, with its tiny heroes and heroines and deliciously villainous villains - has fascinated generations of children. Gumnuts at the races, at the ballet and dancing at balls are some of the scenes that have delighted us all.

Brought together here are the stories of Flannel Flowers and Other Bush Babies, Wattle Babies, Boronia Babies and Gum-Blossom Babies plus Nuttybub and Nittersing and Chucklebud and Wunkydoo.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 2001
y separately published work icon When the Wind Changed Ruth Park , Deborah Niland (illustrator), Sydney : Collins , 1980 Z37066 1980 single work picture book humour children's
— Appears in: Mulligrubs and Friends : A Collection of Favourite Children's Stories 1992;
'Josh could make the most awful faces. But one day, just as he made the most hideous face of all, the wind changed. However, Josh's awful face helps save his dad from a bank robber - just before the wind changes again.' (Source: Amazon Books)
North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 2011
y separately published work icon Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995 Z1003934 1995 single work picture book children's

'Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things." Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this little boy, Uncle Abraham is that special person. this is about Minah, Uncle Abraham, shows how the passing down of knowledge can help keep memory alive. ' (Publication summary)

Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 2012
y separately published work icon The Whalers Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1996 Z928631 1996 single work picture book children's This is a story of the orca, the largest of the dolphin family. Known as killer whales, the orcas' relationship with the Aboriginal whalers of Twofold Bay has become legend. Man and orcas were partners in the same chase, herding whales to their bloody death at the end of a harpoon spear. (Libraries Australia) Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 2012

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