Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Booth, Christina,

One careless night / Christina Booth. - Newtown, NSW : Walker Books, 2021. - 30 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.

First published in 2019.

In One Careless Night, award-winning picture book creator Christina Booth tells the hauntingly beautiful story of Australia's last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). Where the mist swallows mountains and winds whisper through ancient trees, a mother and her pup run wild and free. They hunt, but they are also hunted. Carted away. Sold for bounty. And then, one careless night ... The last thylacine is gone. The beautiful but heartbreaking story of Australia's last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), which died in captivity.

Shortlisted for the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

ISBN: 9781760653958

Source: NLApp92140 Australian Prepublication Data Service

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Extinct animals--Tasmania--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Thylacine--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Extinct animals--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children's stories.
Extinct animals.
Thylacine.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tasmania--Juvenile fiction.
Tasmania.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Picture books.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4