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After watching days of heavy rain, Peter's family wake up one morning to discover their house is adrift in the middle of the ocean. This is the start of a wonderful round the world adventure...

Author: Colin Thompson
Illustrator: Matt Ottley
Publisher Details:
Hodder Headline Australia
Pty. Ltd. 1997

ISBN:
07 336 05508 (Pb) $12.95
07 336 03793 (Hb) $24.95

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Picture books
The paperbag prince, Julia McRae, 1992
Pictures of home, Julia McRae, 1992
Looking for Atlantis, Julia McRae, 1993
Ruby, Julia McRae, 1994
How to live forever, Julia McRae, 1995
The tower to the sun, Julia McRae, 1996
Sailing home (illustrated by Matt Ottley), Hodder Headline, 1996
The last circus (illustrated by Kim Gamble), Hodder Headline, 1997
The staircase cat (illustrated by Anna Pignataro), Hodder Headline, 1998
The paradise garden, Jonathan Cape, 1998
Unknown (illustrated by Anna Pignataro), Hodder Headline, 1999
The last alchemist, Hutchinson, 1999
The puzzle duck (illustrated by Emma Quay), Random House (forthcoming)

Younger readers
Ethel the chicken, Hodder & Stoughton, 1991
A giant called Norman Mary, Hodder & Stoughton, 1991
Sid the mosquito and other wild stories, Hodder Headline, 1993
Attila the bluebottle and more wild stories, Hodder Headline, 1995
Venus the caterpillar and further wild stories, Hodder Headline, 1996
The haunted staircase and other stories, Hodder Headline, 1996
Castle Twilight and other stories, Hodder Headline, 1997
The dog's just been sick in the Honda and other poems (illustrated by Peter Viska), Hodder Australia (forthcoming)

Older readers
Future Eden, [online, 1999- ]; Simon & Schuster (forthcoming)
Books by Matt Ottley

Picture books
Albert's rainy day, Hodder & Stoughton, 1987
What Faust saw, Hodder Children's, 1995
Sailing home (written by Colin Thompson), Hodder Headline, 1996
Mrs Millie's painting, Hodder Children's, 1997

Non fiction books
Exploring Ancient Australia (written by Wade Hughes) [Discovery and exploration series], Martin Educational, 1988  

 

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