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Astra Lacis Astra Lacis i(A51745 works by) (a.k.a. Astra Lacis Dick)
Also writes as: Astra
Born: Established: 1937 Riga,
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Latvia,
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Former Soviet Union,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1949
Heritage: Latvian
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1 7 y separately published work icon Russell and the Star Shell H. M. Saxby , Astra Lacis (illustrator), Sydney : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1990 Z847085 1990 single work picture book children's
1 1 y separately published work icon My Mum's Afraid of Lions Jean Chapman , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton Australia Margaret Hamilton Books , 1989 Z846781 1989 selected work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Where's My Ticket? Honey Andersen , Bill Reinholtd , Sydney : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1989 23112921 1989 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Billy Bear and the Wild Winter Anna Fienberg , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1988 Z914180 1988 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon You'll Turn into a Rabbit! Edel Wignell , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1988 Z831598 1988 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Me Too Stephen Gard , Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1988 23400895 1988 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Boy Who Wanted to Draw Cats : A Tale From Japan Mary O'Toole , Astra Lacis (illustrator), South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1987 Z1890277 1987 single work picture book children's A farmer's son is sent to train as a priest. He works as hard as he can in the temple, and in his spare time he draws pictures of cats. Nothing but cats, and on every surface he can find. The priests think he should be an artist, not a priest, and so they send him away. Soon, the boy's gift reveals itself in a surprising way.
1 2 y separately published work icon Butterfingers Vivienne Wallington , Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1986 Z846417 1986 single work children's fiction children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Separate Places Robin Klein , Kenthurst : Roo Books , 1985 Z977911 1985 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Vaulting Horse Nairda Lyne , Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1984 Z980325 1984 single work children's fiction children's Tony has spina bifida but longs to be like his school friends and be good at games. He finally realises that while he envies and admires the others' sporting prowess, they wish that they had his talent for drawing.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Misfit Margaret Pearce , Kenthurst : Kangaroo Press , 1984 Z974593 1984 single work children's fiction children's Eleven-year-old Jennifer is a misfit. She breaks her brother's bike, disobeys her mother and is involved in shoplifting.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Angel with a Mouth-Organ Christobel Mattingley , Astra Lacis (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1984 Z870977 1984 single work picture book children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Lexl and the Lion Party Christobel Mattingley , Astra Lacis (illustrator), Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1982 Z870971 1982 single work picture book children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Pine-Cone Possum Jean Chapman , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1981 Z667721 1981 single work children's fiction children's
1 Femininity i "Would mailer still love", Astra , 1978 single work poetry
— Appears in: Womanspeak , March-April vol. 3 no. 5 1978; (p. 3)
1 1 y separately published work icon Moon-Eyes Jean Chapman , Lane Cove : Hodder and Stoughton , 1978 Z848646 1978 single work children's fiction children's "A stray cat sets out through the streets of Rome in search of the small child who showed him some kindness."
1 2 y separately published work icon Supermarket Thursday Jean Chapman , West Melbourne : Nelson , 1977 Z978972 1977 selected work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Mocking-Bird Man Lilith Norman , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1977 23094908 1977 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Legends of the Gods : strange and fascinating tales from around the world Noreen Shelley , London : Angus and Robertson , 1976 Z835747 1976 selected work children's fiction children's myth/legend
1 1 y separately published work icon The Hundred Islands Mavis Thorpe Clark , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1976 Z835687 1976 single work children's fiction children's Seventeen-year-old Greg's concern with preserving the wildlife of the hundred islands in Australia's Bass Strait leads him to defy his father and set out on his own path toward the future.
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