Thiele, Colin

Fight against Albatross Two by Colin Thiele( Book )
3 editions published between 1974 and 1986 in English and held by 239 libraries worldwide

The sun on the stubble by Colin Thiele( Book )
36 editions published between 1961 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 159 libraries worldwide
This heart-warming story is based on Colin Theile's own boyhoood, his family and the small community of Eudunda in South Australia where he grew up. It is a vivid tale about the nature of German settlement and rural life in the years between the wars.

The twilight ghost by Colin Thiele( Book )
5 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide
Robby doesn't believe that the old Children's Home is haunted. But then he sees the ghost. Will he go through with his dare to enter the old Home at night. Suggested level: primary.

Heysen of Hahndorf by Colin Thiele( Book )
9 editions published between 1968 and 2001 in English and held by 146 libraries worldwide
Australian landscape painter Sir Hans Heysen's career began with study in Paris, sponsored by four Adelaide businessmen. The author writes of Heysen's blissful domestic life, his friendships with Melba, Lionel Lindsay and other notables, and his renderings of the unique character of the Flinders Ranges.

Seashores and shadows by Colin Thiele( Book )
17 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in 6 languages and held by 143 libraries worldwide
Two fourteen-year-old cousins join a group of fishermen in pursuit of a massive shark off the coast of Southern Australia.

Pannikin & Pinta by Colin Thiele( Book )
8 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 132 libraries worldwide
When Lake Eyre, created by a great flood in the central Australian desert, begins to dry up, Pinta, the pelican, leads her children Preen, Plume, and Pannikin on the long and difficult journey to the coast. Colin Thiele returns to the setting of his bestseller Storm Boy with this remarkable new picture book about a young boy and a family of pelicans who have to escape from drought-stricken Lake Eyre.

Magpie Island by Colin Thiele( Book )
20 editions published between 1974 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 124 libraries worldwide
When Magpie follows a wedge-tailed eagle, he is seized by the wind and cast away on a gaunt windswept island alone among thousands of strange seabirds. A young boy brings him a mate, and the two magpies survive the harsh conditions until Mate is killed and Magpie is once again alone.

With dew on my boots : a childhood revisited by Colin Thiele( Book )
8 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 121 libraries worldwide

Chadwick's chimney by Colin Thiele( Book )
9 editions published between 1979 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 97 libraries worldwide
Ket lives in a district in Australia which is full of sinkholes -large waterfilled underground caverns. Remembering stories and rumors of treasures hidden in these sinkholes, Ket disregards his father's warning of the danger involved and decides to enter Chadwick's Chimney.

Pinquo by Colin Thiele( Book )
26 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 97 libraries worldwide
Pinquo is a Fairy Penguin, who can swim, skip and dive faster than a 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.