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Swan Song by Colin Thiele

Australia's most distinguished writer for children, Colin Thiele, AC, has been writing books for children for over forty years. Last year he celebrated his eightieth birthday. His books, including the multi-award-winning Storm Boy, The Sun on the Stubble and Blue Fin, have won numerous Australian and international awards and have been made into many classic films, TV series, plays and picture books. Lothian has published his titles Jodie s Journey, Timmy, Landslide, Wendy s Whale and The Sea Caves in Takeaways. Pannikin and Pinta, his recent picture story book illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, is currently shortlisted for the CBCA awards in the Younger Readers category. Born and raised in the Barossa Valley, Colin now lives near Dayboro, Queensland.

ISBN: 9780734403254
ISBN-10: 0734403259
Classification: Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's/YA) , General fiction (Children's/YA)
Format: Paperback (174mm x 147mm x 15mm)
Pages: 192
Imprint: Lothian Children's Books
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publish Date: 1-Apr-2002
Country of Publication: Australia

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Storm Boy / Pinquo / Albatross Two / Magpie Island by Colin Thiele Storm Boy / Pinquo / Albatross Two / Magpie Island, Paperback (September 2011)

Colin Thiele published almost a hundred books during a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. This title contains 4 books (8 stories), two of which were made into films and television programmes that were acclaimed around the world. It features: "Pinquo"; "Magpie Island"; "Albatross Two", and "Storm Boy and Other Stories".

Sun on the Stubble by Colin Thiele Sun on the Stubble, Paperback (January 2011)

This is the story of Bruno Gunther, a 14-year-old boy from a German immigrant family, growing up in a small wheat farming community in South Australia during the 1930s. While his father preaches the virtues of hard work on the farm, Bruno manages to find all sorts of opportunities for mischief and adventure as he explores the community around him.

Fiery Salamander by Colin Thiele Fiery Salamander, Paperback (March 2007)

A clever, charming tale about the animal kingdom and banding together in times of adversity

Twilight Ghost by Colin Thiele Twilight Ghost, Paperback (October 2006)

Robby, the new kid on the block in Twilight, dares to discover what haunts the old Childrens Home

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While the world goes ga-ga at the thought of Stephen King hanging up his pen, spare a thought for Colin Thiele. Nearly 40 years ago, Storm Boy was hailed as an Australian classic; the 1977 film version will be screened this month in the Adelaide Festival. Colin Thiele is now 82 and Swan Song will probably be his last book. Swan Song is something of a reprise of that great book. It takes us back to the Coorong-South Australia's coastal wilderness south of Adelaide and the setting for Storm Boy-where Mitch lives with his parents, Fos and Meg. Fos, a wildlife ranger, is the Dad from central casting: `a strong active man, very firm and thorough and always neatly dressed in his ranger's uniform'. Civilisation arrives in the shape of correspondence lessons, which still leave Mitch plenty of time alone to explore the estuaries and sandhills. Mitch raises a baby swan and two pelicans and is on the lookout for Hardy Blight, a hoon in a dune buggy....

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