LIBROS DEL AUTOR: c k thompson

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  • Wombat
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    Here is something entirely new in Australian natural history stories for youngsters--an exciting and humorous detective mystery tale of the busy, in which birds and animals play major parts.Clumsy old Bill the wombat, they grumpiest creature in the bush, is a positive pain in the neck and a great nuisance to police trying to investigate the theft by two thieves of a Chinese tre...
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    13,29 €

  • Blackie The Brumby
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    Wild horses and wild outlaws. Horse-thieves and “bobbies and bushies”. What youngster does not love them?Though he adheres to his fidelity of detail in depicting the lives and habits of the brumbies -- the wild horses of outback Australia -- the author really gets going after Blackie the Brumby is captured and tamed. He is stolen by bushrangers, takes part in their notorious do...
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    13,32 €

  • Tiger Cat
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    Dasyure, the tiger cat, was a handsome youngster: brown body and tail spotted over in white, he lived quietly with his mother and sister in a secluded hollow log.This is the story of the young tiger cat's coming-of-age: of his first groping steps towards manhood after his mother's death, and how he learned to fend for himself in an unkind, uncaring world. Like many huma...
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    13,35 €

  • Red Emperor
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    The story of a Red Kangaroo and his adventures on the great plains of the west. A book full of thrills for the children, and one of great educational value.Those who remember “King of the Ranges” will find this story of a Red kangaroo just as good as its famous predecessor. It is full of wholesome adventure and includes much about our native animals that Australian children oug...
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    13,32 €

  • Warrigal the Warrior
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    The story of a killer-dog. His owner had tried to train him to the domestic life, but the call of the wild and his hunting instincts were too powerful. As a killer he roamed abroad, hunted fiercely by farmers whose stock he wantonly destroyed. It is a story that is founded in fact.As for Warrigal -- he is as nature fashioned him.“I have not sought to glorify Warrigal, neither h...
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    13,33 €

  • Willy Wagtail
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    C.K. Thompson, Australia’s great writer of stories about our native birds and animals, invites you to share with him the hilarious adventures of the most lovable of them all...WILLY WAGTAILIs there any Australian who does not know that friendly little chap, the black and white fantail? Go where you will, in crowded city park, in suburban backyard, or in the heart of the lonely ...
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    13,27 €

  • Thunderbolt the Falcon
    C. K. Thompson / CKThompson
    When Joe discovers that his friend David’s grandfather used to train hawks just like in the book he’s reading he wants to try it for himself. After convincing Grandfather Mannering to teach them the art of falconry they set off to capture a juvenile Peregrine Falcon and learn the ancient art. Set in Australia, but relevant everywhere Peregrine Falcons are found, Thunderbolt the...
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    13,32 €

  • Wild Canary
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    Can an ordinary, commonplace canary, born and bred in a cage like his ancestors for hundreds of years before him, survive the many perils of the bush-land?Freed from captivity during a disastrous flood, join Boofie as he fights for existence in competition with the hardy bush creatures.Mr. Thompson has a sound knowloege of our native birds and animals, and he is also, personall...
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    13,29 €

  • Monarch of the Western Skies
    C.K. Thompson / C.KThompson
    Follow this exciting story of a wedge-tailed eagle, from the nest until it becomes a bird of prey with a wing-span of over seven feet! Set in the great plains and mountains of the West this story is sure to thrill readers of all ages. ...
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    13,33 €