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Old Drumble


 On Sale: 1/07/2008
 Formats:     Paperback
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The humorous and heartwarming story of Jack Jackman, a young boy who wants to be a stock drover, set in the small Waikato township of Waharoa in the 1930s. Jack has a wonderful, warm relationship with his parents and an old family friend, Andy the Drover, who each week drives a mob of sheep or cattle through the main street with the help of his dog, Old Drumble, and his horse, Nosy. All three become the boy fs close friends over the long hot summer holidays, and each week Andy tells him an even more amazing story of how Old Drumble has saved the day yet again, with each adventure becoming more and more absurd. A Baron Munchausen of the sheep mob, Andy fs yarns are delightful, funny and quixotic - and in the hands of a master storyteller like Jack Lasenby, a passionate advocate of children fs literacy, the result is pure magic.


Author Extras

ISBN: 9781869506742; ISBN10: 186950674X; Imprint: ; On Sale: 1/07/2008; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 200 x 135 x 13 mm; Pages: 224; $11.99; ; BISAC1:JUV000000; BISAC2:008-136

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