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Cyclone

OUT OF PRINT

Cyclone

By Jackie French About · Illustrated by Bruce Whatley About

Pile the presents by the tree Though clouds spiral out at sea. Wind snarls, skies weep grey But Santas sleigh is on its way! Christmas Eve 1974 is marked indelibly into the Australian psyche, as the night tropical Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin. Now, over 40 years later, Jackie Frenchs lyrical rhyming text tells the story of a citys indomitable spirit, and Bruce Whatleys sumptuous illustrations bring to life the powerful force of the storm to a whole new generation of readers.

CategoriesCycloneWeatherWind
AuthorJackie French About
IllustratorBruce Whatley About
Type Of BookAustralian Picture Book
FormatHardback
ISBN9781743623596
Published19/11/2015
Lists And AwardsGeography Year 7
Price Per CopyRRP $24.99
1–9 copies$22.49
10–19 copies$21.24
20+ copies$19.99
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Jackie French

Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives in rural NSW. She writes columns in the print media, and sometimes presents on radio and on Burke’s Backyard. Her books for children include Rain Stones, shortlisted for the CBC Children’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers, 1991; Walking the Boundaries, a Notable Book in the CBC Awards, 1994; and Somewhere Around the Corner, an Honour Book in the CBC Awards, 1995. In 2000, Hitler’s Daughter won the CBC Younger Readers Award and the WOW! Award in the UK in 2001. How to Guzzle Your Garden was also shortlisted for the 2000 CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information. Most recently, Jackie won the 2002 ACT Book of the Year Award for In the Blood; her successful picture book Diary of a Wombat was named an Honour book in the 2003 CBC Awards and also won the 2003 Nielsen Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award.

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Bruce Whatley

Bruce Whatley is a well-known Australian children’s illustrator. He is a superb draftsman, best known for Diary of a Wombat, Looking for Crabs, Little White Dogs Can’t Jump and now The Lantern.

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