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The Bunyip in The BillabongSYNOPSIS:
The newborn lambs are going missing and Matthew thinks the bunyip that lives in a cave, under the water in their billabong, is taking them. His grandfather told him about it. His mum, dad and big brother say bunyips don’t exist, but Matthew is not so sure. He and his grandfather camp out one night to watch the sheep. Matthew sees a dark shape dive into the waterhole. Now he is sure it is the bunyip. His big brother brings home his scuba gear to find out once and for all what Matthew saw diving into the billabong. Will they find the bunyip or will it find them? Retail: Buy from this page or from your local bookstore, wholesaler, or library supplier. If it is not in stock, ask them to order it through this website or Ingram Content.. WHOLESALE: For sale or return: Morris Publishing Australia: Orders Page. Also available from: For sale or return: Australian Books Distributors: Australian Books Distributors - Home (ausbooksdist.org) Ingram Content: https://www.ingramcontent.com/retailers/ordering Schools and libraries: James Bennett: http://www.bennett.com.au Peter Pal: http://www.peterpal.com.au/ eBook and printed copy from: Amazon, http://www.amazon.com and other online stores. |
Review by author, Sally Odgers:
The Bunyip in the Billabong is the first in a new series called Bush Tails written by Elaine Ouston and published by Morris Publishing in 2016. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy.
Bunyips are popular subjects with a lot of readers, and The Bunyip in the Billabong makes use of many icons of the Australian bush from billabongs to dingoes to sheep. Granddad is a quintessential teller of bush tales.
Eleven-year-old Matthew and his much older brother have been home-schooled on the family property and now Jason is at university, Matthew feels somewhat lonely. When lambs begin to disappear, Dad thinks dingoes are to blame. Matthew remembers his grandfather’s story about the bunyip in the billabong. Could the bunyip be responsible for taking the lambs? Matthew is in two minds as Dad says no and Granddad says maybe. When two of the most important people in his world disagree, who should he believe? When Jason comes home for a few days, Matthew sees his chance to solve the mystery.
Elaine Ouston tells a good story. The pace moves along smoothly, with likable characters and a warm family-centred tone. The dialogue is natural and the sheep station setting well realised. I liked the way the mystery was resolved, with no fuzzy question marks over the ending. This short but fully-formed chapter book is ideal for reading aloud or for independent reading. Since the protagonist, Matthew, is eleven, it would also work for less able or less engaged older readers.
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