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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... no. 390 October 1930 of The School Paper : Grades III and IV est. 1927 The School Paper : Grades III and IV
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'Yellow Robin and Nest' photography by Mr R.T. Littlejohns, kindly lent by the Commonwealth Development and Migration Commission, [129]
    • Poetry: 'Spring Birds' (unattributed) 130; 'The Song of the Birds' by Benjamin S. Parker, 132; 'The Two Crossing-Sweepers' (unattributed) with illustration 'Any Port in a Storm' from a picture by French artist Gustave Dore (1833-1883) 136-137.
    • Fiction: 'The Brave Blackbird' (concluded from previous issue), illus., from The True Annals of Fairyland, by English journalist and author William Canton, born in China 1845, educated in France, 135; 'A Good Shot' by Joseph Kirkland, from St. Nicholas, illus., 138-139; 'Old Mother Frost' (unattributed, concluded from previous issue) from Stories From Many Lands (Chambers Ltd.) 139-140
    • Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper.

  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Magpies, Thomas Henry Tregellas , single work prose children's (p. 130-131)
The Spell, Alice Meagher , single work drama children's (p. 132-134)
Mister Butcher-Bird Mr Butcher-Birdi"Please", Esquire The Perfessor and Alter Ego , single work poetry children's (p. 137)
Gathering Eggs The Feasti"Cackle and lay, Cackle and lay!", C. J. Dennis , single work poetry children's (p. 140)
Note: With title: Gathering Eggs
At the Lecture and the Concert, May Gibbs , extract children's fiction children's (p. 141-143)
Kookaburra, Kookaburrai"Kookaburra, kookaburra", single work lyric/song children's
A young school boy envies the carefree happiness of the kookaburra and decides he is a good example to follow.
 (p. 144)
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