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Walkabout is a novel written by James Vance Marshall (a pseudonym for Donald G. Payne), first published in 1959 as The Children. [1] It is about two children, a teenage sister and her younger brother, who get lost in the Australian Outback and are helped by an Indigenous Australian teenage boy on his walkabout.
The First Walkabout is an Australian children's novel first published in 1954. It tells the story of the very earliest occupation of the continent of Australia by the Negrito people, a group that arrived in Australia before the ancestors of the present-day Aboriginal peoples .
Walkabout is a 1971 adventure survival film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, and David Gulpilil. Edward Bond wrote the screenplay, which is loosely based on the 1959 novel by James Vance Marshall .
After the book's success, Payne, with the permission of the Marshall family, continued to use the pseudonym for a number of novels, including A River Ran Out of Eden (1962; filmed as The Golden Seal in 1983), and for several other stories set in Australia; A Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime (1970), and Stories from the Billabong (2008), and ...
The Railway Children: Roberta "Bobbie" Waterbury 1971 Walkabout: Girl 1976 Logan's Run: Jessica 6 The Eagle Has Landed: Molly Prior 1977 Equus: Jill Mason BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: The Man in the Iron Mask: Louise de la Vallière 1978 China 9, Liberty 37: Catherine Sebanek Dominique: Ann Ballard a.k.a. Dominique Is Dead ...
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is separated by reading level, [5] and each title includes summaries with information on the author as well; [6] each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. [1] Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. [7]
Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children ages 3–9, co-founded by Phyllis Cerf with Ted Geisel, more often known as Dr. Seuss, and his wife Helen Palmer Geisel. Their first book was Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (1957), whose title character appears in the brand's logo.
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.