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Author Sperry, Armstrong, 1897-1976, author, illustrator

Title The boy who was afraid / by Armstrong Sperry ; illustrated by the author
Published London : Bodley Head, [1942]
London : John Lane Bodley Head, 1942
©1942

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB SPCBC  819 Sperry Arm/Bww  LIB USE ONLY
 MELB SPCBC  398.220996 Spe/Bww  LIB USE ONLY
Description 95 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books. ANL
Summary Founded on a South Sea legend, this is the story of Mafatu, a boy who is afraid of the sea, and how he conquers his fear
Notes Awarded the Newbery medal
Copyright in the U.S.A. under title: Call it courage
Audience For children
Subject Fear -- Folklore.
Fear -- Juvenile fiction.
Legends -- Polynesia.
Ocean -- Folklore.
Seafaring life -- Folklore.
SUBJECT Polynesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104688 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
Genre/Form Fiction.