The Tram to Bondi Beach

by Elizabeth Hathorn
The Tram to Bondi Beach
Author: Elizabeth Hathorn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 61
Release: 2008
Genre: Bondi (N.S.W.)
ISBN: 9780868198194
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Set in 1932 against the magical backdrop of Bondi Beach, in the year the Sydney Harbour Bridge opens, the days of Phar Lap and Charles Kingsford Smith, Keiran a boy from Bondi hopes to help his family survive the depression. Hurtling towards the beach one morning in the famous Bondi 'Rattler, Keiran is inspired to become a paper boy on the Bondi trams. No Sooner does his dream begin to take shape than it is threatened by Saxon, the chief paper boy. Tensions build as their rivalry grows and culminates in a dramatic climax with unexpected results. Can dreams really come true? Keiran's quest is to find out. (1 act, 4 male, 2 female).

The Tram to Bondi Beach

by Elizabeth Hathorn
The Tram to Bondi Beach
Author: Elizabeth Hathorn
Publisher: Kane Miller Book Pub
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1989
Genre: Australia
ISBN: 9780916291204
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Keiran longs to be a paper boy and sell papers to the passengers on the tram that goes by his flat in a small Australian town.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

by Mem Fox
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Author: Mem Fox
Publisher: Omnibus Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017
Genre: Boys
ISBN: 9781743810583
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his special friend, Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, is losing her memory he sets out to find what a memory is.

Possum Magic

by Mem Fox
Possum Magic
Author: Mem Fox
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1983
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152005726
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Two Australian possums go in search of the magic that will make the invisible one of them visible.

Samsara Dog

by Helen Manos
Samsara Dog
Author: Helen Manos
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1933605510
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Traces a dog through various incarnations, including a tough stray, a working dog, and a family pet, as he learns what he must in each life.

I Love You Book

by Libby Hathorn
I Love You Book
Author: Libby Hathorn
Publisher: Interactive Publications
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1921479892
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A child discovers the smell, sound, excitement and magic of reading books. Suggested level: junior.

Shooting Through

by Caroline Butler-Bowdon
Shooting Through
Author: Caroline Butler-Bowdon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Street-railroads
ISBN: 9781876991333
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Trams, popularly known as toastracks, boneshakers, juggernauts and rattletraps, were a central part of Sydney life for 100 years. Shooting through: Sydney by tram explores the history and demise of Sydney's trams from the first horse drawn trams in Pitt Street in 1861 to the last electric tram in 1961. Generations of Sydneysiders travelled by tram to school, work and leisure places. Beautifully illustrated with photographs, artworks and iconic tram objects, this publication provides an illustrated and interpretative history of Sydney's once extensive tramway network

A Boy Like Me

by Libby Hathorn
A Boy Like Me
Author: Libby Hathorn
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1743099436
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A beautiful book about peace and the places we can find it.Ages: 6+ 'Peace can be foundand touched and heard.I know I'll always find you,brave and welcome bird ...'Fragile and sometimes fleeting, peace can be sought and found in all of us. A BOY LIKE ME is a beautiful and inspiring story about finding peace no matter who, or where, we are.Libby Hathorn is the celebrated author of more than fifty children's books, some of which have been translated, as well as adapted for opera, stage and screen. Bruce Whatley is one of Australia's best-loved and most talented children's book illustrators. Both Libby and Bruce have won numerous awards for their work.Ages:6+

The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

by Libby Hathorn
The ABC Book of Australian Poetry
Author: Libby Hathorn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2010
Genre: Australia
ISBN: 9780733320194
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Follow a river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day, and explore the Australian landscape through the eyes of our best Australian poets. Age 10-14. 'I am the river, gently flowing, as I wind my way to the sea.' (Mary Duroux) Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and explore the Australian landscape through the eyes of our best Australian poets. In this beautiful collection of poems for children, award-winning author and poet, Libby Hathorn, has brought together favourites such as those by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Dorothea Mackellar and C.J. Dennis, as well as more contemporary poems by Steven Herrick, Eva Johnson, Les A. Murray and others. Exquisite illustrations by Cassandra Allan make this a collection to treasure. Age 10-14.