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Taronga by Victor Kelleher
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Puffin story books
A bleak but compelling look at the future beyond a nuclear holocaust. Ben comes upon Taronga Zoo, which seems unaffected by the general chaos. But is it? Age 13+. CBC Book of the Year - Honour, 1987. KOALA shortlisted, 1995.
Taronga (Australian Children's Classics) by Victor Kelleher
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Australian Children's Classics
"The great dome of the sky, black, star-sprinkled, arched above him, appearing at that moment so limitless, so vast and free, that the fences and cages of Taronga were dwarfed, reduced to the point where they barely seemed to exist." Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving ...Show more
The Big Big Book of Gibblewort the Goblin: 7 Books in 1 by Victor Kelleher
Category: Early Reader | Series: Goblin Ser.
From the spiky Australian bush to the ski slopes of the Snowy Mountains to the rainforests of Far North Queensland, and everywhere in between, Gibblewort the goblin has blundered, crawled and whinged his way through Australia's vast landscape. So surely a relaxing day somewhere in Australia would be pos ...Show more
The Cave by VICTOR KELLEHER
Category: Junior Fiction
Irian, Ulana and their Clan have made the cave their home ever since they used fire to drive off the Beast a sabre-toothed tiger that had been preying on them. Protected by an ongoing fire at the cave mouth, they continue to keep the Beast at bay until one fateful night when the fire goes out! What happ ...Show more
The Gorilla Suit by Victor Kelleher
Category: Children's | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Tom loved the gorilla suit he was given for his birthday. He even wore it the day he visited the zoo. When they reached the zoo, Tom went looking for gorillas. He was so excited that he started jumping up and down, and fell into the gorilla pen. The keeper rescued him at once. But was it really Tom? Age ...Show more
The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher
Category: Fiction
5 separate but inter-linked stories set in different times and countries, this novel has a strong multicultural flavour. It deals with 5 key points in history in Africa, England, India, Australia and Egypt.
The Return of Gibblewort the Goblin by Victor Kelleher
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Goblin Ser.
Blither and Blather! Gibblewort is a nasty little Irish goblin who can think of nothing better than playing horrible tricks on his friends and snacking on mothballs. But when he desperately wants to leave sunny Australia and return to boggy old Ireland, his plans are turned upside down. Whether he's cud ...Show more
Tim and Tig by Victor Kelleher
Category: unmapped | Series: Aussie Nibbles
For his birthday Aunt Ethel gives Tim a kitten, a very large kitten. Aunt Ethel warns Tim not to give the kitten any meat, but Tim's mum gives Tig big dishes of raw meat and so in three months time, Tig is as big as a pony.
Wanderer (PB) by VICTOR KELLEHER
Category: Young Adult Fiction
In a dangerous world where predators both human and animal roam the land and the sea, an orphaned young boatman, Dane, lives by his wits.He wanders alone, doing what he can to survive both the terrors of the water and the violent depredations of the Clan - a group of warriors who raid settlements and hu ...Show more
What Dino Saw: Aussie Nibbles by Victor Kelleher
Category: Fiction | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Jenny finds a large egg down by the creek. She takes it home and it hatches. And out pops a cute, but very hungry, dinosaur, who follows Jenny everywhere. Ages 7+.