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Gunno belongs to a gang that steals from houses, but when he and the other children break into the Big House, he finds that his life begins to change, and that his fascination for the house could be connected to Hugh, the mysterious lost boy of the house.
SUMMARY: Heffalump? was a needlework project at school who had to prove his identity to the other soft toys in Anne's cupboard.
The Community Cat Chronicles is a collection of linked stories about the cats, not quite house pets and certainly not strays, who live around the apartment blocks of Avenue 1. They mark and defend their territory, but share it with the human residents who devote time and resources to keeping them fed and healthy. A tender, heartwarming portrait of a neighbourhood shared by cats and humans, The Community Cat Chronicles is filled with rich storytelling and vividly drawn characters, and is sure to be beloved by animal lovers everywhere.
Theodora Tuxedo wasn’t the only feline to arrive and stay with Eugene’s family at Block 223. Firstborn, a son Satu (also a tuxedo but in white mess dress), would plop out with a mewl into Stepdad’s pyjama pants one early Sunday morning, with tortoiseshell Dua and calico Tiga to follow. There’s a lot to learn if you’re a kitten: how to use your whiskers, how to know when a rat is a rat (and when it isn’t) and how to accept the tail you’ve been born with. Loving her life now as an indoor cat, shunning her past life as a stray, Theodora can’t understand the kittens’ eagerness to venture back “outdoors” into the community. Along with Theodora’s (and Zigzag’s) unexpected offspring, The Community Cat Chronicles 2 – New Kittens on the Block delightfully shares imagined stories of real residents, both two legged and four, around the housing estates of Avenue 1.
The thirteen essays in Southwords, written by and about some of the country's top writers, celebrate the diversity of South Australia's literary past and present, confront uneasy questions, and entertain and delight in their explorations of South Australia's contributions to Australian and global literature.
Tom has a special pet, a little wild black duck called Squeak Toy. When the family has to move from their farm to a house far away, no pets are allowed, and Squeak Toy is left behind. Tom misses her terribly, and when the emptiness inside him becomes too much to bear, Tom sets out alone, to find her.
It's no fun lying in hospital with a broken leg, and Hannah is bored. Then her grandma tells her about a new friend - a magpie who has a sore leg too, just like Hanna . . .
Although Emma and Charlotte have their birthdays on the same day, they are very different. The puppies they get as birthday presents are just as different. And for Emma, looking after No One is a time of discovery.
Satu, Dua and Tiga have spent their entire kittenhood together on Avenue 1 but their mother, Theodora Tuxedo, toughened from an early life on the streets, is anxious for them to each find their own way in the world, worried they’ve become too pampered as ‘house’ cats. The siblings have become part of the community and can’t understand the hurry (or need) to leave, since they’ve made dear friends with neighbourhood felines and various other species. As they quickly approach the time they become officially ‘cats’ and no longer kittens, their human family also worry the chances of finding them forever homes will diminish. Based on genuine experiences and observations of real cats and "two leggeds", The Community Cat Chronicles 3 are the continuing stories of Avenue 1.