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Bouncing Bouncing Little Joeys
A Bush Christmas
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In this delightful Australian Christmas story, a group of little joeys—a red kangaroo, a numbat, and a rock wallaby—are decorating the Christmas tree and getting ready for Santa's arrival.
This simple but charming verse from CBCA Honour Book author Lesley Gibbes is brought to life by newcomer Doris Chang's adorable and contemporary watercolour illustrations.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780734417565
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 October 2017
Country: Australia
Imprint: Lothian Children's Books
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Doris Chang
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 130g
Pages: 24
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Lesley Gibbes (Author)
Lesley Gibbes is an Australian children's author and primary school teacher. She is the author of CBCA Early Childhood Book Of The Year Honour Book SCARY NIGHT and the hilarious chapter book series Fizz, both illustrated by Stephen Michael King. She lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches.Doris Chang (Illustrator) Doris Chang is an Adelaide-based illustrator and designer. Working by hand in watercolour and ink, she has a penchant for whimsical animal characters, hand-generated type, wordplay and visual puns. She has a range of greeting cards, printed artwork and other products that she designs and distributes under the label Little Sister Co.Also by Lesley Gibbes
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