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Issue Details: First known date: 1948... 1948 I Wouldn't If I Were You
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Twins, Julia and John wish they lived in a house like their grandmother's former home in Ireland. Their friend, Greg, paints a house for them on paper. When they go outside, they see the house and are able to visit it. Greg makes modifications as required. On their imaginative journey, the twins break many social rules - for example, peering in windows, trespass - and receive the unheeded advice: 'I wouldn't if I were you'.

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Angus and Robertson , 1948 .
      Printed by Macarthur Press
      Extent: 32p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • 'The Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools Association is making a special appeal at this present time for funds to create in the city a civic centre, where children can be cared for while their mothers shop or are otherwise occupied ... All profits from the sale of this book are being donated by author and publishers to the Special Appeal.' (From Foreword by Violet Braddon)
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