Title February dragon / by Colin Thiele

Published Adelaide : Rigby, 1965

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Fdr		LIB USE ONLY
MELB SPCBC	819 Thiele Col/Fdr		LIB USE ONLY

Description 173 pages ; 20 cm Summary Rosin, Turps and Columbine are the three children of the the Pine family, and the story is concerned with their everday happenings, and their one great family disaster. A bushfire known as the February Dragon, is unleashed by the stupidity of people such as Aunt Hester, and reeks havoc and brings tragedy to their community Notes Commended in 1966 Australian Children's Book of the Year Awards Audience For children Subject Country life -- Australia -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Wildfires -- Australia -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Forest fires -- Australia -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Pets -- Juvenile fiction. Pseudocheiridae -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Children's stories, Australian Domestic fiction. Australian multicultural literature collection. Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection.

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