Peter Gouldthorpe's Books

Documents the true story of a gentle Indian elephant who after being born in an Indian jungle spent more than 40 years in Australia's Melbourne Zoo, where she was adored by thousands of children before being euthanized in the aftermath of a zookeeper's accidental death.

Children's publishing is a huge international industry and there is ever-growing interest from researchers and students in the genre as cultural object of study and tool for education and socialization.

Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. This edition has been expanded and includes over 50 new articles. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events.

In the age of discovery, Antarctica remained an unknown quantity amongst the world's scientists and explorers. Robert Falcon Scott was amongst the pioneers who penetrated the ice and cruel weather. This is the story of his journey from England culminating in the ill-fated final march to his goal, only to be beaten by the Norwegians and to suffer terrible loss - and death.

The Gestapo called her The White Mouse and they wanted her, dead or alive. Nancy Wake was an Australian who joined the French Resistance during World War II and became the most wanted woman in France. Parachuting behind enemy lines, blowing up bridges and smuggling refugees across borders, Nancy fought fiercely against the enemy and became the most decorated Australian woman in any war.

Douglas Mawson is a true Australian hero, and one of the great Antarctic explorers. He was the first man to reach the South Magnetic Pole, and led Australia s first Antarctic expedition. This is a story of adventure and survival, as Mawson faces enormous challenges and triumphs. Kids will be gripped by this extraordinary true story!

Design and make your own toys, using wind power, jet propulsion, electricity, and solar energy. Make a cablecar, a motorboat, or a jetmobile by following simple instructions.

Puzzles that challenges you to find the right machine and understand the forces and properties that make them work.

Relates, in verse, a little boy's efforts to be brave as he walks alone to school for the first time.

This is a chilling picture book with a twist in the tail, as Paul slowly brings a fox back to life by feeding its fur with lemons from the tree above its grave. But its the lemons above Paul's grandfather's grave that give the fox its final gift, sight...

Master story teller Colin Thiele returns to the magical world of the wild pelicans in this outstanding picture story book, illustrated by renowned Australian artist, Peter Gouldthorpe.At rare intervals great floods fill the desert basin of Lake Eyre in Central Australia, and for a while wildlife teems along the shore. But the miracle is short-lived. in the fierce summer heat the lake shrinks, the water turns to brine and the fish die. Birds such as pelicans then face a vast flight across the desert to the southern coast, and many die along the way. Pannikin and Pinta is the story of a pelican family that sets out on that heroic journey.Pannikin & Pinta was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, in 2001.

When the children spend the day at the beach, Jack avoids putting on any skin protection or a hat and becomes very sunburnt.

A young boy, who would rather spend time with his model airplanes, reluctantly accompanies his father on a fishing trip that starts before the first light of day.

A collection of humorous short stories.

Book's by Peter Gouldthorpe

Queenie

Queenie

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Intl Comp Ency Child Lit E2 V1

Intl Comp Ency Child Lit E2 V1

No Return

No Return

The White Mouse

The White Mouse

Ice, Wind, Rock

Ice, Wind, Rock

Toy Designer

Toy Designer

What Should I Use?

What Should I Use?

Walking to School

Walking to School

The Cat on the Chimney

The Cat on the Chimney

Grandad's Gifts

Grandad's Gifts

Pannikin and Pinta

Pannikin and Pinta

The Australian Radiation Laboratory

The Australian Radiation Laboratory

First Light

First Light

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Undone!

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