Ruth Park (1917-2010)
Callie
$16.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Callies Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well ... life. With her brothers and sister running riot through her bedroom, reading her diary and ruining her treasures,... Buy or find out more →
A Fence Around The Cuckoo
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
Written as vividly as any of her novels, Ruth Park's autobiography is a moving, passionate, often funny account of the people and places which influenced her early years. Her isolated childhood in the rainforests of New ... Buy or find out more →
The Muddleheaded Wombat
$39.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
The Muddleheaded Wombat combines in one edition four of Ruth Park′s much-loved classics, The Muddleheaded Wombat (1962), The Muddleheaded Wombat at School (1966), The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday (1964) and The Muddleh... Buy or find out more →
The Harp In The South Trilogy
$29.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
'Ruth Park . . . that steady glow at the heart of Australian literature.' Ruth Cracknell
Three of Ruth Park's best loved books – Missus, The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange – are brought together in this volume, ... Buy or find out more →
Playing Beatie Bow
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying, adventure as she fin... Buy or find out more →
When The Wind Changed
$14.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh had listened when his father told him what would happen when the wind changed!
Ages 4+ Buy or find out more →
The Muddle-Headed Wombat
$34.95 – Hardcover book / Angus & Robertson
Wombat and his inseparable friends the motherly and practical Mouse, and Tabby Cat whose pride, along with his tabby coat, is always being ruffled began their careers in a daily children's serial on ABC radio. Since then... Buy or find out more →
The Muddle-Headed Wombat
$14.95 – Paperback book / Angus & Robertson
Wombat and his inseparable friends the motherly and practical Mouse, and Tabby Cat whose pride, along with his tabby coat, is always being ruffled began their careers in a daily children's serial on ABC radio. Since then... Buy or find out more →
My Sister Sif
$19.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr
Erika Magnus is a 14-year-old stirrer with complete confidence that she alone knows best. So, when her homesick sister Sif longs to return home to the island of Rongo, Erika successfully plots to get her there, and runs ... Buy or find out more →
Playing Beatie Bow
$16.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Abigail Kirk finds herself transported back to the late nineteenth century and becomes embroiled in the family life of the Bows. The Bows will not let her return home believing that she is "the stranger" who will preserv... Buy or find out more →
Ruth Park's Sydney
$22.00 – Paperback book / Duffy & Snellgrove
B format reprint of classic guide.
Take a stroll through Sydney in the company of one of Australia?s most loved writers, who will entertain you with information, ironic comment, and a hundred diverting tales of its past ... Buy or find out more →
Harp In The South
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Ruth Park's classic novel Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, whe... Buy or find out more →