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The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill (Bluegum / Australian Children's Classics)

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Blinky is just like most children, sometimes naughty, sometimes sweet, and always up to something. I picked up a copy in Australia a long time ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it as an adult. I have read it time and again to my daughter (age 5), and she never tires of hearing of the adventures of Blinky, Snubby, Nutsy and all the others. I think this is a book that, even though about Australian creatures and the bush, transcends that to appeal to all children about the kinds of escapades children experience. I highly recommend it.

Blinky Bill was first introduced to Australian children in the 1930s. Dorothy Wall wrote a series of books about Blinky and his friends and his irresistible appeal as a likeable, witty and rebellious child hero quickly endeared him to children and adults alike.

He has certainly been a perennial favourite for at least three generations in my own family.

Blinky Bill is a true Australian larrikin: fiercely independent, eternally mischievous and extraordinarily brave. His capacity to get into (and out of scrapes) is unparalled. Blinky Bill's friends include an assortment of Australian animals: who generally interact as children would like to but usually within some recognisable boundaries of their own species.

The Adventures of Blinky Bill have never been out of print, and were adapted for television in the 1980s.

I recommend this book to all readers. Those with small children can read the stories with them, older children will enjoy exploring the adventures of Blinky Bill for themselves and adults can discover (or rediscover) a wonderful childhood experience.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

The tale of a baby Koala (Blinky Bill) separated from his mother due to his curiosity and naughtiness. We join Blinky as he encounters various Australian bush creatures (Angelina Wallaby, Mrs Snake and others) and his inevitable run-in with humans.

The illustrations are delightful, the characterisations are superb and the story is really good fun for 2 - 6 year olds. Older readers will enjoy reading this story to someone younger!

The issues of habitat destruction, hunting and extinction are dealt with seriously but in a way that children can relate to. It should be noted that this story was first published in 1939 - long before there was public awareness of these problems.

This is always in print in Australia and just about every child has a copy bought for them. Clearly the relevance for American children would not be as great, however it is well worth reading to them anyway if you're after something different.

10 years or so ago, I bought a copy of the Blinky Bill kids stories during a trip to Australia. I basically walked into a bookshop with a reasonably good children's section and asked them to steer me in the direction of the most popular kids book for 3 to 5 year olds. Blinky Bill was the answer. I bought it as a present for a nephew. He loved it, so did his sisters and so do my kids when they get a chance to have my brother read them a story.

what a beautiful book...im 19 now but i remember reading this and watching it on tv years ago...i miss those days. Just as good as i thought it would be. Perfect.

This book is wonderful! My 6 yr old son just loves it. He never wants me to stop reading. He says "more, more".
It has so many wonderful animals and since we live in the U.S. , it is fun to look up the different animals and learn about them, too. So many great morals we can teach when naughty little Blinky gets in trouble.

We were reading some of Thornton Burgess books with all the different animals in each books. Blinky is very comparable to these. It is keeping my son's interest, to say the least. I think everyone should read it at least once.

And if you want some free handwriting pages to go with it, check out [...]. they were there the last time i looked.

My parents got this book for us when we were in Australia in the late 80s. Reading it made me want to learn more about classics Australian children's books, (some of them are mentioned on the back cover) like "the Magic Pudding" and "Dot and the Kangaroo". I think it's good for children to about the different kinds of animals that live around the world, like in this case Australia. So, I think you should get this book for your kids!

A children's story, of course, this is the adventures or a mischievous koala. Definitely fun.

Bill gets up to the usual sort of things that kids get up to around the parents, but he takes it a bit further, in a Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn kind of level of mucking around.