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Thiele, Colin,

Storm boy : the illustrated story / Colin Thiele ; illustrators: Jenni Goodman, Andrew Davies. - Illustrated edition. - Chatswood, N.S.W. : New Holland Publishers, 2018. - 79 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.

"First published as The rim of the morning. Rigby, 1963. "Bestseller for 55 years, now a major motion picture"--Front cover.

Storm Boy saves the life of Mr Percival, and in return the pelican helps Storm Boy's father with his fishing and joins in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew. The boy and the pelican prove friends to the end.

For primary school children.

ISBN: 9781760790622

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship.
Human-animal relationships.
Pelicans.
Australian fiction.
Children's stories.
Children's stories.
Australian fiction.
Pelicans--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Australia--Coorong, The.
Coorong, The (S.A.)--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Australian fiction
Children's stories
Australian fiction
Children's stories
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Australian fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.3