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Notes
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This series of ten books was highly commended in the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1952.
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Not to be confused with Blue Wren Books published by Wren, Melbourne (1975)
Includes
- y Christmas in the Sun Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 Z940938 1952 single work children's fiction children's
- y The Wind and the Sun Margaret Horder (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060364 1951 single work picture book children's fable
- y Pretty Polly Pillicote Margaret Horder (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060367 1951 single work picture book children's
- y The Dove and the Ant Sally Medworth (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060374 1951 single work picture book children's
- y The Ballad of Little Billee Sally Medworth (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 Z1060379 1952 single work picture book children's
- y Good King Wenceslas Margaret Horder (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060351 1951 single work picture book children's Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951
- y Lavender's Blue and Two Other Rhymes Margaret Horder (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060354 1951 single work picture book children's Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951
- y The 12 Days of Christmas Diana Medworth (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z1060388 1951 single work picture book children's Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951
- y Moograbah : An Australian Aboriginal Legend Margaret Horder (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951 Z830438 1951 single work picture book children's Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1951
- y The Ballad of Little Billee Sally Medworth (illustrator), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952 Z1060379 1952 single work picture book children's Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1952
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Works about this Work
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An Exactness of Observation
1973
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , April no. 47 1973; (p. 36-38)
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An Exactness of Observation
1973
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , April no. 47 1973; (p. 36-38)
Awards
- 1952 highly commended CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year Award Awarded to the series
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