Babes in the Bush single work   poetry   children's   "One bright summer day"
Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 Babes in the Bush
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An eight year old girl and her brother from Sunnyside Farm are lost in the bush. They fear being eaten by the 'big native bear', are protected by possums, and rescued by their dog, Bright.

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    y separately published work icon Cole's Happy Time Picture and Nursery Rhyme Book Lillian M. Pyke , Percy Leason (illustrator), Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1920 Z846345 1920 selected work poetry children's A collection of original verse, some of which revisit well-known stories and rhymes and others that introduce Australian content, including a set of limericks about Victorian places. This collection has some specific leanings to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, both in the content of individual rhymes and in Leason's delightful illustrations. Cole's Happy Time Picture and Nursery Rhyme Book : A Jolly Book for Little Australians full of Bright Pictures Melbourne : E. W. Cole , 1920 pg. 10-11
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