Books with author Colin Thiele

Set along the rugged beauty of the South Australian coast, Storm Boy cares for an injured pelican and finds a friend that shows him the power of loyalty and love. This moving story is now a major motion-picture and one of the classics of Australian writing for children. This edition comes with five other stories by Colin Thiele that capture the unique voices of Australians across the natural and suburban landscape.The Water Trolley- “Paul knew the vastness and emptiness of the land around him.” Paul understands the delicate balance of nature. Through his eyes, readers will fall in love with the sharp vulnerability of the bush.The Lock-Out - “The first disaster occurred at the end of Mr Hecht’s science lesson.” With his parents away in Melbourne, Jim expects a fun break but a series of unfortunate disasters sets in a motion an unforgettable weekend.Dad Ran A Fowl Run - “Dad kept fowls once and I’ll never forget it.” Aveling’s dad has ambitions to get rich off of raising a small army of hens and roosters but things turn crooked for Aveling and his dad’s big plans.The Shell - “Everywhere great columns of white spray rose as if in slow motion...” Two travellers realise the terrible beauty of the ocean and the harrowing consequences for those who look away.The Fish Scales - ”He was five feet long! King of all snappers...” A tale of struggle much like that of Ahab, that captures a light-hearted battle between man and nature.

Set along the rugged beauty of the South Australian coast, Storm Boy cares for an injured pelican and finds a friend that shows him the power of loyalty and love. This moving story is now a major motion-picture and one of the classics of Australian writing for children. This edition comes with five other stories by Colin Thiele that capture the unique voices of Australians across the natural and suburban landscape.The Water Trolley- “Paul knew the vastness and emptiness of the land around him.” Paul understands the delicate balance of nature. Through his eyes, readers will fall in love with the sharp vulnerability of the bush.The Lock-Out - “The first disaster occurred at the end of Mr Hecht’s science lesson.” With his parents away in Melbourne, Jim expects a fun break but a series of unfortunate disasters sets in a motion an unforgettable weekend.Dad Ran A Fowl Run - “Dad kept fowls once and I’ll never forget it.” Aveling’s dad has ambitions to get rich off of raising a small army of hens and roosters but things turn crooked for Aveling and his dad’s big plans.The Shell - “Everywhere great columns of white spray rose as if in slow motion...” Two travellers realise the terrible beauty of the ocean and the harrowing consequences for those who look away.The Fish Scales - ”He was five feet long! King of all snappers...” A tale of struggle much like that of Ahab, that captures a light-hearted battle between man and nature.

Storm boy and his father live alone in a humpy among the sandhills between the Southern Ocean and the Coorong - a lonely, narrow waterway that runs parallel to a long stretch of the South Australian coast. Among the teeming birdlife of the Coorong, Storm Boy finds an injured young pelican whose life he saves. From then on, Storm boy and Mr Percival the pelican become inseparable friends and spend their days exploring the wave-beaten shore and the drifting sandhills. Mr Percival learns to help Storm Boy's father with his fishing and warn the other birdlife whenever poachers are coming, but his part in rescuing a shipwrecked crew leads to great changes in Storm Boy's life.

Pinquo is a fairy penguin, who can swim, skip and dive faster than the blink of an eye.When Pinquo is wounded, the children Kirsty and Tim take him to Dr Piper, and they all look after Pinquo until he is ready to go to sea.Later the penguin with the droopy walk and kinky flipper comes back into their lives, with his new family.When disaster strikes Sickle Bay, Pinquo leads a mad stampede of a thousand frenzied penguins, to save the townspeople.Little Pinquo is a hero.

Andy is fascinated by wedgetail eagles. He lies on the shed roofs of his family’s farm and watches them cruising about on their huge wings, high above him in the sunlit air. They are like skaters skimming on ice, gliding in vast arcs and circles. One day a ranger brings him an orphaned eaglet so tiny that it seems unlikely to survive. WEDGETAIL is the story of Andy’s struggle to save it, to nurse it and feed it - and to protect it from danger, human and otherwise.