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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Henrietta
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y separately published work icon Henrietta, the Greatest Go-Getter Martine Murray , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 10655877 2017 selected work children's fiction

'Hello everybody, it's me, Henrietta P. Hoppenbeek the First (future Queen of the Wide Wide Long Cool Coast of the Lost Socks). I have a baby brother, two white mice, a chocolate-coloured dog, a woolly mammoth, and two long green socks with toes. My best friend is Olive Higgie and we've got an EMERGENCY DILEMMA to attend to. We absolutely have to find a home for the Rietta because it's lost and sad and its spots are fading.'..With an imagination like Henrietta's, adventures are closer than her front doorstep. Three books together in one! Henrietta there's no one better, Henrietta the great go-getter and Henrietta gets a letter.' (Publication summary)

y separately published work icon Henrietta and the Perfect Night Martine Murray , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2017 10655959 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Hello everybody, it's me. Henrietta the Great Go-Getter, and I'm having a big think. Right now I'm thinking I'd like a baby sister, so I can dress her up in different sorts of hats. But Mum says we'll have to wait and see. I'm terrible at waiting...Meanwhile, I'm an explorer of life, and that includes trees, bugs, animals and all mysteries. I'm going to school for the very first time, which means I might have to go as a spy so that I can have a secret peep inside.....When Henrietta sees Olive Higgie crying in the classroom, she goes on a rescue mission and finds that you only need one friend in a room full of strangers to feel perfectly happy...Henrietta's stories are full of funny thoughts and discoveries, and maybe the best are the ones that take a long time to come.' (Publication summary)

y separately published work icon Henrietta : There's No One Better Martine Murray , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2004 Z1153580 2004 single work children's fiction children's

'I'm Henrietta P. Hoppenbeek the First. I have a baby brother, two white mice, a chocolate-coloured dog, a woolly mammoth, two long green socks with toes, one pickle-eating best friend, a bathtub for sailing in, and definitely a huge HUGE amount of discoveries to discover... And if anyone tells you I make things up, you better believe it.

'Henrietta's books are full of funny thoughts and adventures. They're perfect for young children and anyone else with a curly imagination.

'Henrietta there's no one better

'Henrietta the great go-getter

'Henrietta gets a letter' (Publication summary)

y separately published work icon Henrietta the Great Go-Getter Martine Murray , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1316192 2006 single work children's fiction children's

'Hello everybody, it's me, Henrietta (future Queen of the Wide Wide Long Cool Coast of the Lost Socks), and my brother Albert, who dribbles and dribbles (but he can't help it), and my best friend Olive Higgie (who has been known to eat pickles). And we've got an EMERGENCY DILEMMA to attend to. We absolutely have to find a home for the Rietta because it's lost and its spots are fading. '(Publication summary)

y separately published work icon Henrietta Gets a Letter Martine Murray , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2008 Z1503204 2008 single work children's fiction children's

'The third fabulous Henrietta story. When Henrietta sets a trap for 'something' under her bed, she finds a teeny tiny person with wings. It's Mabel May Hissop, a fairy with boyfriend trouble. With Mabel's special silver key and an invitation to the Big Bunch of Small Creatures Ball, Henrietta opens the door to a very sparkly adventure. ' (Publication summary)

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First known date: 2004

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Know the Author/Illustrator : Martine Murray Tali Lavi , 2018 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 20-24)
Martine Murray is poised on the brink of her next adventure, much like many of the heroes who populate her books. She is in the process of readying her home so that she can sell it. She plans on moving to an undeveloped land nearby and starting p a community based on principles of permaculture. This revelation stirs up simultaneous delight in her adventurous spirit and a feeling of sadness for the incumbent loss. Entering the Castlemaine property, whose location has inspired several of her books, one is struck by its unconventional beauty and how it appears attuned to its natural state. This then is the world of Martine's books. (Introduction)
Know the Author/Illustrator : Martine Murray Tali Lavi , 2018 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 20-24)
Martine Murray is poised on the brink of her next adventure, much like many of the heroes who populate her books. She is in the process of readying her home so that she can sell it. She plans on moving to an undeveloped land nearby and starting p a community based on principles of permaculture. This revelation stirs up simultaneous delight in her adventurous spirit and a feeling of sadness for the incumbent loss. Entering the Castlemaine property, whose location has inspired several of her books, one is struck by its unconventional beauty and how it appears attuned to its natural state. This then is the world of Martine's books. (Introduction)
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