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Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns

ON ORDER

Dancing with Ben Hall and Other Yarns

A wonderful collection of stories by one of our most successful authors. All of Jackie French’s books are in demand and this will be no exception. These stories give children an insight into Australian history and contemporary life in a very personalised way as they are drawn from Jackie’s own family histories and experiences; a grandmother who danced with Ben Hall, a true story of shipwreck survival and lots more.
Ages 10+

Type Of BookAustralian Novel
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780207187476
Lists And AwardsQueensland C2C Year 6
Price Per CopyRRP $17.99
1–9 copies$16.19
10–19 copies$15.29
20+ copies$14.39
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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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