The Camel Who Crossed Australia
$18.03
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2008
Summary
The story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition … as it has never been told before.
The humans call him ‘Bell Sing’, but to the other camels he is known as ‘He Who Spits Further Than the Wind’.
Transported from the mountains and deserts of the ‘Northwest Frontier’ (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan), Bell Sing accompanies explorers Burke and Wills as they try to cross Australia from south to north.
Bell Sing has never had a high opinion of humans…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780732285432 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0732285437 |
| Author: | Jackie French |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 177g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Animal Stars |
| Audience Age: | 7 |
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Jackie French
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children’s Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016, Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi, to her much-loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child’s life. A book can change the world’ was the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term as Laureate.
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