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Author Fenton, Corinne, author

Title My friend Tertius / Corinne Fenton ; illustrated by Owen Swan
Published Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin Children, 2017
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017
©2017

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Description 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
regular print
Summary One question kept echoing in my mind - if I had to leave, what would I do with Tertius?...This is the true story of two lives brought together by chance. Arthur Cooper, working in intelligence for the British Government in pre-war Hong Kong, rescues a small gibbon and names him Tertius. Together they escape to a safe place - but is it for always?
Analysis Australian
Notes "This is the true story of two lives brought together by chance. Arthur Cooper, working in intelligence for the British Government in pre-war Hong Kong, rescues a small gibbon and names him Tertius"--Back cover
Audience For children
Notes Corinne Fenton has a passion for picture books and is published in Australia and internationally. Her first picture book Queenie: One Elephant's Story was an Honour Book in the CBCA Awards, The Dog on the Tuckerbox was a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted in the APA and ABIA Awards and Bob the Railway Dog was named a CBCA Notable Book in 2016. Little Dog and the Christmas Wish was shortlisted in the Crichton CBCA Awards in 2015 and had the honour of being chosen as the theme for the 2015 Myer Christmas Windows. Her idea of the perfect day is to sit with a new picture book text, searching for perfect words...Owen Swan is the illustrator of several picture books including Anzac Biscuits by Phil Cummings, a CBCA Notable Book. He was born in Sydney and spent most of his childhood in country New South Wales and the Blue Mountains. As well as illustrating he likes travelling whenever and wherever possible, and occasionally bothering his neighbours with his banjo playing.
Subject Tertius (Gibbon)
Cooper, Arthur R. V., -1988.
Australian fiction.
British -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Gibbons as pets -- Juvenile literature.
Gibbons -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Gibbons -- Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.
Intelligence officers -- China -- Hong Kong -- Juvenile fiction.
Intelligence officers -- Juvenile fiction.
Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction.
SUBJECT Hong Kong (China) -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002051 -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
Genre/Form Fiction.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Author Swan, Owen (Illustrator)
ISBN 1760113824
9781760113827