Title Magpie Island / Colin Thiele ; illustrated by Roger Haldane

Published Adelaide : Rigby, 1974

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Thi/Mis		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Mis		LIB USE ONLY
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Mis		LIB USE ONLY

Description 62 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm Series Rigby opal books Rigby opal books Summary When Magpie follows a wedge-tailed eagle, he is seized by the wind and cast away on a gaunt windswept island alone among thousands of strange seabirds. A young boy brings him a mate, and the two magpies survive the harsh conditions until Mate is killed and Magpie is once again alone Notes Joint winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award (C), 1975 Children's stories in English. Australian writers, 1945-. Texts (ANB/PRECIS SIN 000006x) Audience For children Subject Fortitude -- Juvenile fiction. Magpies -- Juvenile fiction. Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Eyre Peninsula (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85046716 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Children's stories, Australian Australian multicultural literature collection. Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection. Fiction. Author Haldane, Roger, 1945- illustrator ISBN 085179789X :

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