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'Penguin Books Australia has committed to supporting the aims of the McGrath Foundation. As part of our Corporate Friendship we have published twelve Pink Popular Penguins.'
'Penguin is proud to donate $1 from the original sale of each Pink Popular Penguin to help the McGrath Foundation realise their goal.' (Source: Penguin Books Australia website)
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- y The Alphabet Sisters Camberwell : Viking , 2004 Z1098253 2004 single work novel Melbourne : Penguin Books , 2013
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Lola's Secret
Camberwell
:
Penguin
,
2011
Z1795244
2011
single work
novel
'Magic can happen in every family.
'At the Valley View Motel in South Australia's picturesque Clare Valley, eighty-four-year-old Lola Quinlan is up to her usual mischief. She's sent her family away for Christmas and invited a number of mystery guests to come and stay. But who are all these people, and why aren't they spending the festive season with their own loved ones?
'As the big day draws closer and Lola's personal family dramas threaten to unravel her plans, she discovers that at a special time of year, magic can happen in every family - especially your own.
'From the bestselling author of At Home with the Templetons comes a funny, sad and moving novel about memories and moments and the very meaning of life.' (From the publisher's website.) Melbourne : Penguin , 2014 -
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The Lucy Family Alphabet
Camberwell
:
Viking
,
2008
Z1495862
2008
single work
autobiography
'Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they were one-dimensional Irish nutbags who'd ruined her life for years, but there was always more to them and her own feelings than that.
'So Judith decided it was time to write the full story of her parents and her childhood. And here it is, a reference book on all things Lucy from:
'A is for Adoption (she is) to C is for Cleaning (they didn't) and for Counselling (you'll find out why she had a lot of it) to D is for Diets (she was put on one at eight) to H is for Heart Attack (her father's) to M is for Make Up (her father's) to N is for Nuts (there was a falling out over testicles) to R is for Review (to do with Nuts) to T is for Tanscendental Meditation (it didn't work) to X is for Xmas (when a lot of this started) and beyond...
'In amongst the gags Judith explores the people her parents were and the impact of finding out - at twenty-five - that she was adopted. We meet Judith's birth mother by learn that ultimately it was her very unusual parents who made her who she is today.' (Publisher's blurb)
Camberwell : Penguin , 2014 -
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Obernewtyn
Ringwood
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Puffin
,
1987
Z301844
1987
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
'Elspeth is one of a new breed born into a world recovering from widespread destruction. The ruling council will tolerate no opposition. Elspeth must hide her telepathic powers in order to survive. In the mountain orphanage of Obernewtyn, Elspeth meets others with similar powers and together they confront the evil hidden there.' (Source: Trove)
Camberwell : Penguin , 2014 -
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Melbourne
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Cheshire
,
1967
Z305085
1967
single work
novel
historical fiction
mystery
(taught in 2 units)
'It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. They never returned. ...'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin Random House, 2014).
Camberwell : Penguin , 2014 -
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Seven Little Australians
London
Melbourne
:
Ward, Lock and Bowden
,
1894
Z863667
1894
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 25 units)
'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.'
'Her father, Captain Woolcot, found his vivacious, cheeky daughter impossible – but seven children were really too much for him and most of the time they ran wild at their rambling riverside home, Misrule.
'Step inside and meet them all – dreamy Meg, and Pip, daring Judy, naughty Bunty, Nell, Baby and the youngest, 'the General'. Come and share in their lives, their laughter and their tears.' (From the publisher's website.)
Camberwell : Penguin , 2014 - y The Lavender Keeper Camberwell : Michael Joseph , 2012 Z1849772 2012 single work novel historical fiction 'Lavender farmer Luc Bonet is raised by a wealthy Jewish family in the foothills of the French Alps. When the Second World War breaks out he joins the French Resistance, leaving behind his family's fortune, their home overrun by soldiers, their lavender fields in disarray. Lisette Forestier is on a mission of her own: to work her way into the heart of a senior German officer - and to bring down the Reich in any way she can. What Luc and Lisette hadn't counted on was meeting each other. When they come together at the height of the Paris occupation, German traitors are plotting to change the course of history. But who, if anyone, can be trusted? As Luc and Lisette's emotions threaten to betray them, their love may prove the greatest risk of all.' (Trove) Melbourne : Penguin , 2015
- y Looking for Alibrandi Camberwell : Puffin , 1992 Z88038 1992 single work novel young adult (taught in 4 units) 'Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, illegitimate, and in her final year at a wealthy Catholic school. This is the year her father comes back into her life, the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family's past and the year she sets herself free.' (Source: Back Cover) Melbourne : Penguin , 2015
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Penguin Branches Out : School of Popular Writing; New Look for Lantern; Pink Penguins
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 92 no. 4 2013; (p. 6) 'The first Penguin School of Popular Writing seminar was held in January. It’s just one of a number of new projects from Penguin Books Australia.'
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Penguin Branches Out : School of Popular Writing; New Look for Lantern; Pink Penguins
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 92 no. 4 2013; (p. 6) 'The first Penguin School of Popular Writing seminar was held in January. It’s just one of a number of new projects from Penguin Books Australia.'