The Ruby stories / Penny Matthews ; with illustrations by Lucia Masciullo.
Material type: TextSeries: Our Australian girl, 1930Publisher: [North Sydney, N.S.W.] : Puffin Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Bind-up editionDescription: 453 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type: cartographic image | text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143788683; 014378868X; 9780143788690; 0143788698Subject(s): 1929 | Girls -- Juvenile fiction | Children's stories | Children's stories | Depressions | Families | Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Fiction | Girls -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Australia | South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Juvenile works. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction | Children's storiesDDC classification: A823.4Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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wnor - junior picture books | Northam Northam Spinner | JF MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | al42000222194b |
"4 books in one" -- cover.
"What happened next for Ruby? Read the bonus chapter to find out" -- back cover.
Meet Ruby -- Ruby and the country cousins -- School days for Ruby -- Ruby of Kettle Farm.
It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder times. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but her own family life seems comfortable and secure . . . until things start falling apart. Happy-go-lucky, compassionate and loving, Ruby is an unforgettable Australian Girl.
For primary shcool age.
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