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A Fence Around the Cuckoo by Ruth Park
Category: Biography
First volume of Ruth Park's autobiography. Written as vividly as any of her novels; a moving, passionate, often funny account of the people and places which influenced her early years.
Callie by Ruth Park
Category: Children's Fiction
Two favourites in one volume. Callie's Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well, life. With her brothers and sister running riot through her bedroom, reading her diary and ruining her treasures, she's desperate for a space to call her own. Even the p ...Show more
Fence Around the Cuckoo: Text Classics by Ruth Park
Category: Biography | Series: Text Classics Ser.
This first volume of Ruth Park's autobiography is an account of her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New Zealand, her convent education which encouraged her love of words and writing, and the bitter years of the Depression.She then entered the rough-and-tumble world of journalism and began a rel ...Show more
Fishing in the Styx : An Autobiography by Ruth Park
Category: Biography
Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park came to Australia to continue her work as a journalist, newly married to D'Arcy Niland. Determined to earn their living as writers, they submitted story outlines to radio stations, idea for articles to newspapers and accepted whatever freelance jobs came their way. The Har ...Show more
Fishing in the Styx: Text Classics by Ruth Park
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park came to Australia to continue her work as a journalist, newly married to D'Arcy Niland. Determined to earn their living as writers, they submitted story outlines to radio stations, idea for articles to newspapers and accepted whatever freelance jobs came their way. The Har ...Show more
Park Ruth : Dear Hearts and Gentle People by Ruth Park
Category: Fiction
The four pretty young Misses Admiral, having shed their tyrannical Scandinavian Pa, are kicking up their heels dancing the charleston, when their orphaned niece Jenny arrives from Australia to live with them. The child is as romantic and flighty as they. In spite of their game efforts to rear her respec ...Show more
Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
Category: Children's Classics
The game is called Beatie Bow, and the kids play it for the thrill of giving themselves a scare. It's Beatie Bow, risen from the dead When Abigail is drawn in, the game quickly changes from a harmless little scare to an extraordinary adventure, as she is transported to a place that is strangely familiar ...Show more
Playing Beatie Bow: Popular Penguins by Ruth Park
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
The game is called Beatie Bow, and the kids play it for the thrill of giving themselves a scare. It's Beatie Bow, risen from the dead When Abigail is drawn in, the game quickly changes from a harmless little scare to an extraordinary adventure, as she is transported to a place that is strangely familiar ...Show more
Really Scary Stories for Brave Children by Various Authors; Charlotte George (Read by); Edwin Hodgeman (Read by); Victor Kelleher; Andrew Lansdown; Sophie Masson; Ruth Park; Don Barker (Read by); Full Cast Recording Staff (Read by); Christopher Pitman (Read by); Marcella Russo (Read by); Anna Steen (Read by); Heather Steen (Read by); Alison Stewart; Gary Crew
Category: Audio
Lock the windows! Turn off the lights! Be prepared to shiver and shake when you listen to Really Scary Stories for Brave Children. Contains six scary, frightening and blood curdling stories by a selection of great Australian authors.
Swords and Crowns and Rings: Text Classics by Ruth Park
Category: Fiction | Series: Text Classics Ser.
Jackie Hanna, born with dwarfism, and Cushie Moy, the girl next door, share an innocent love--a love that will be censured, but will persevere. This is the story of the triumph of a special kind of courage. Ruth Park's Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the Great Depression. ...Show more