Bøker av C K Thompson

Wild horses and wild outlaws. Horse-thieves and "bobbies and bushies". What youngster does not love them?Though he adheres to his fidelity of detail in depicting the lives and habits of the brumbies -- the wild horses of outback Australia -- the author really gets going after Blackie the Brumby is captured and tamed. He is stolen by bushrangers, takes part in their notorious doings, gives a helping hand (or hoof) to the police and, with a hilarious boy character named "Jonah", takes a leading part in the final overthrow of the gang.

The story of a Red Kangaroo and his adventures on the great plains of the west. A book full of thrills for the children, and one of great educational value.Those who remember "King of the Ranges" will find this story of a Red kangaroo just as good as its famous predecessor. It is full of wholesome adventure and includes much about our native animals that Australian children ought to know.Like Joey, the Range King, Arunga the Red Emperor, is no ordinary kangaroo. In comradeship with a grey friend, he has some startling and amusing adventures.

Dasyure, the tiger cat, was a handsome youngster: brown body and tail spotted over in white, he lived quietly with his mother and sister in a secluded hollow log.This is the story of the young tiger cat's coming-of-age: of his first groping steps towards manhood after his mother's death, and how he learned to fend for himself in an unkind, uncaring world. Like many human beings, Dasyure was a shy fellow. In his habits he resembled a burglar, coming out to work only when night closed over the bush.However, unlike the burglar, he was both brave and bold; would take on a creature whom he had no chance of beating, so pugnacious was his nature. In the story, Dasyure is both hero and villain, but as the author says: "You must have a kindly feeling towards him as a fellow-Australian. Tiger Cats, Native Cats and the rest of the Dasyuri­dae family do a great deal of useful work in keeping down vermin, from mice to rabbits."And, like every good Australian, Das­yure is entitled to a 'fair go'-as is every one of the very wonderful and useful native animals in this great land of ours."

Here is something entirely new in Australian natural history stories for youngsters--an exciting and humorous detective mystery tale of the busy, in which birds and animals play major parts.Clumsy old Bill the wombat, they grumpiest creature in the bush, is a positive pain in the neck and a great nuisance to police trying to investigate the theft by two thieves of a Chinese treasure box. The police are also pestered by two small boys, lovable but mischievous young rascals, and by several suspiciously-acting and inscrutable Chinese. But it is grumpy old Bill the wombat and his feathered and furred bush friends who take the centre of the stage and provide a great deal of the comedy and excitement.Authentic as to detail, the book provides young readers with much information about the interesting marsupial wombat, a creature hitherto neglected by Australian natural history writers."Wombat" is a noteworthy addition to the popular bush animal and bird series by popular writer C. K. Thompson.