By: Adrian Plitzco
Pirate the Barking Kookaburra
A thunderstorm had just passed over the little farm house. You could still hear a faint thunder, rolling up the valley of Tantaraboo. The rain had dumped lots of water onto the backyard with its tiny vegetable patch and dozens of flower pots. The vegetables and the flowers weighed down by heavy water drops looked sad, as if they were crying. But soon they would suck in the water, stand up straight again and look more beautiful than ever before.
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About the author: Adrian Plitzco is a writer and producer of children’s audio books. He has also written a novel and hosts a children’s radio show on Australia’s multicultural radio station SBS. Discover other titles by Adrian Plitzco such as Lancelot – The one-armed Kangaroo at http://www.plitzco.com. All works are also available as audio books or downloads.
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Editor – looses was in my description not the book, so sorry! It’s been changed…
Kirstin writes:
I think that it is always good to learn a lesson in a book.
Danielle (editor) writes:
I think it is a very sweet book, with a nice moral, and identifiable characters. I’m sure my daughter will enjoy the sweet and colourful characters in a couple of years.
Zach writes:
The books was asome.
khadija zubair writes:
its a nice book for kids with alot of creativity
Marc writes:
‘looses’ his memory? Can a loose memory be re-tightened? 🙂 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/loose Lose weight in 2014!
Curtis Rendrag writes:
It was a great book and the storyline was awesome.