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A Wisp of Smoke by Patricia Wrightson
Category: unmapped
Mysterious wisps of smoke keep rising from old Mrs Piggot's hearthplace while she goes through her regular Saturday night routine. When the fireman answers her call, Mrs Piggot's night is turned upside down. Ages 8-10.
I Own the Racecourse!: Text Classics by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Text Classics
Andy Hoddel was different from other boys. He never really understood the game they played, in which they 'owned' the factories, the library and the police station in their town, but he longed to tell them he owned something too. Then he met an old tramp and paid him three dollars for Beecham Park Racec ...Show more
Rattler's Place: Aussie Bites by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Fiction | Series: Aussie bites
The new house at the edge of town is lonely for Guy and his little sister Katie. Their days haven't arrived yet, Mum and Dad are busy and they miss their dog, Digby. One day Guy finds a secret, hidden space under the house. In the dark there is a trike - with an ugly fierce wooden horse's head.
Rattler's Place (Aussie Bites CD) by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Fiction | Series: Aussie Bites
Sugar-gum Tree - out of print by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Fiction | Series: Aussie bites
Sarah Bell and Penny May were best friends. Sometimes they had fights but after the fights they were best friends again. Then one day they had a very bad fight.
The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
When Simon Brent's parents are killed in a car accident he is taken to live with his mother's second cousins, Edie and Charlie, on on Wongadilla, their 500 acre sheep run in the Hunter Valley. Simon with his city attitudes feels like an outsider, unable even to bring himself to call his cousins by name. ...Show more
Water Dragons: Aussie Bites by Patricia Wrightson
Category: unmapped | Series: Aussie bites
Three children argue over the relative merits of their backyard water-dragons - and make an interesting discovery. Another mouthwatering story from one of Australia's best-loved writers and illustrators.
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