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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Animal Stars
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y separately published work icon The Goat Who Sailed the World Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2006 Z1295787 2006 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'Captain Cook's goat is the first of many historical animals to bring the past to life. the HM Bark Endeavour is sailing to tahiti to map the transit of Venus, but there are rumours that once the task is completed, Lieutenant James Cook has a set of secret orders - orders that command him to search for the Great South Land. Isaac is twelve and has joined the crew of the Endeavour as a master's servant, good for scrubbing decks and not much else. He's certainly not considered good enough to fetch hay for the Goat who will provide fresh milk for Cook and his officers. And this goat even has more experience at sea than Isaac - she has already sailed around the world once, watching the ocean and lands slip by from her spot on the quarterdeck. Over the months on board the Endeavour, a friendship grows between the Goat and Isaac, one that will last through shipwreck, bushfire and illness. A friendship that helps in the discovery of exotic new lands ... Ages 9 - 13' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Dog Who Loved a Queen Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2007 Z1410089 2007 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction 'To outsiders, Mary is a queen and a threat, but to her devoted dog Folly, she is his world. Based on the true story of the dog who was with Mary when she died, this is a fascinating tale of religious bigotry, plots and passion - and the unquestioning loyalty of a small Scottish terrier.' (Publisher's blurb)
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y separately published work icon The Camel Who Crossed Australia Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2008 Z1547215 2008 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'The story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition ... as it has never been told before.

'The humans called him 'Bell Sing', but to the other camels he is known as 'He Who Spits Further Than the Wind'.

'Transported from the mountains and deserts of the 'Northwest Frontier' (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan), Bell Sing accompanies explorers Burke and Wills as they try to cross Australia from south to north.

'Bell Sing has never had a high opinion of humans - or horses. And this expedition is the worst managed caravan he's even been in. Camel handler Dost Mahomet and soldier John King are also beginning to wonder if their leader is competent, or crazy.

'Bell Sing can smell water over the sandhills on the horizon ... and freedom too. Can the expedition succeed? And who - if anyone - will survive?

'This is the gritty and true story about one of the most extraordinary and iconic events in Australia's history.' (Publisher's blurb)

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y separately published work icon The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded Jackie French , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 2009 Z1586821 2009 single work children's fiction historical fiction

'Most Australians know of Simpson and his donkey, who became heroes at Gallipoli, even among the Turkish forces. Few know where the donkey came from, or what happened to him after World War I. Or that another man carried on rescuing the wounded with the donkey after Simpson died. This is the story of a small unassuming donkey. It′s also the story of Gallipoli, of Jack Simpson, and New Zealander stretcher-bearer Richard Henderson, who literally took up the reins after Simpson′s death. Exhaustively researched, it gives a new depth to our understanding of this story of Anzac heroism.'

Source: Publisher's website http://www.harpercollins.com.au/ (Sighted 16/02/11)

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y separately published work icon The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2010 Z1711828 2010 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction 'A story of survival, second chances ... and a dance with danger. Young Billy Marks is a pickpocket, transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. He and his mate reckon they'll become bushrangers - but that's before Billy's had a chance to see the bush up close. And when he buys the big white brumby stallion, covered with scars but refusing to bend to any man's will, he knows he made the right choice. Billy's daughter Mattie Jane thinks her father can ride any horse who ever lived ... and so can she! But when tragedy strikes, the Marks clan, including Mattie and her beloved horse, Rebel Yell, will need all the courage they can find to keep the family together. The deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.' (From the publisher's website.
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y separately published work icon Dingo : The Dog Who Conquered a Continent Jackie French , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2012 Z1874429 2012 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'All of Australia′s dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian ′rubbish dog′ who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. This is a story about the first dingo.

'It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves marries another. He takes only his spears and a "rubbish dog", one of the scavengers from around the camp to eat if he gets hungry, or to throw to threatening sharks or crocodiles. But when a storm blows boy and dog out to sea, both must learn to survive in a strange new world as partners - and even as friends.' (From the publisher's website.)

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