Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association
Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association
Bologna Catalogue 2012 - Australian Publishers Association
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Picture Books<br />
Magabala Books<br />
Magabala Books<br />
Rights Contact: Margaret Whiskin<br />
publishing@magabala.com<br />
ph. +61 8 9192 1991<br />
www.magabala.com<br />
ONCE THERE WAS A BOY<br />
By Dub Leffler<br />
Magabala Books<br />
Once there was a boy is a universal story of friendship, temptation and reconciliation.<br />
This whimsical picture book is the touching story of a little boy with a broken heart who<br />
meets a young girl who shares his secret.<br />
The timeless and elegant tale is transformed into a beautiful grown-up story by the use<br />
of sophisticated analogies, such as the heart as love or friendship and the sapotes as<br />
forbidden fruit.<br />
Rights Available: World (ex ANZ).<br />
STOLEN GIRL<br />
By Trina Saffioti, Illustrated by Norma MacDonald<br />
Magabala Books<br />
Stolen Girl is a fictionalised account of the now universally known story of the Stolen<br />
Generation and tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family by the government and<br />
sent to a children’s home. Each night she sings, and dreams of her mother and the life<br />
they once shared — of sitting on the veranda of their corrugated-iron home, cooking<br />
damper and hunting goanna.<br />
Until finally one day she puts into action her carefully crafted plan — unlocking the door<br />
and taking her first step back toward home.<br />
Rights Available: World (ex ANZ).<br />
Graphic Novel<br />
UBBY’S UNDERDOGS: THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX DRAGON<br />
By Brenton E McKenna<br />
Magabala Books<br />
The small pearling settlement of Broome thrives with eccentric small town characters,<br />
mythical creatures and fantastic beasts in the first book of the epic Ubby’s Underdogs<br />
trilogy. Set in the 1940s when Broome is still recovering from World War II, this graphic<br />
novel follows the adventures of Ubby, a smart, street-wise Aboriginal girl and the leader<br />
of a small rag-tag gang known as the ‘Underdogs.’ This is a heroic tale that measures<br />
the limits of courage and friendship. Amidst a backdrop of fictionalised Aboriginal and<br />
Chinese mythology in the unique multicultural town of Broome, Brenton’s first graphic<br />
novel leaves you gasping for air and in anticipation of things to come.<br />
Rights Available: World rights (ex ANZ).<br />
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