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Rainstones (1991 HarperCollins) A book of five longish short stories, including the much loved Dancing Dinosaurs.(actually all the stories in this lot are much loved). I got the idea of Dusty and the Dragon from a giant goanna here, called Lacy. She is taller and wider than me and much more bad tempered, especially when she's been eating fermented peaches in mid-summer. She is even worse with a hangover - she just climbs the trees and looks mean. 'Jacob Saw' was for a blind friend, who came down here and 'saw' everything - by using her hands and smelling the air - and with her guide dog Katy, who is wonderful - very quiet and loyal till she is let off the chain - then she starts playing and going mad because she is 'off duty.' Shortlisted CBC Junior Fiction 1992, Shortlisted 1991 NSW Premiers Award, Shortlisted WA Children's Book of the Year and the odd other award too. |