Rock and Roll Elephants

Rock and Roll Elephants is a trunk full of verses that is sure to tickle the funny bones of poetry lovers young and old. This is a book laden with wit and word play, lively rhymes and lopsided logic that will make you think and feel, and most definitely, will make you smile.

$10 per copy.
which includes p&p

To Order: Send cheque (payable to Bill Condon) to
PO Box 2116, Woonona East
NSW 2517

Bushranger Series

Here is an 11 book fictional series about wild and wacky bushrangers in Australia's gold-fields history. The books are full of outrageous characters, tall tale humour and much word play. They are highly illustrated by Stephen Axelsen and Caroline Magerl and are very popular, especially with reluctant readers. Ideal for readers aged 7 to 12 years.

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Titles

Basil Bopp the Burper Dianne Bates	Scrum 'O'Crum and the Bushranger Babies Dianne Bates	Hairy Hannah and the Grandad Gang Dianne Bates
Dame Nely Knickabocka, Shooting Star Dianne Bates	Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids Dianne Bates	Desert Dan the Dunnyman Dianne Bates
Daring Dora and the All-Girl Gang Dianne Bates	Ned the Nong & the Kelly Kids Dianne Bates & Bill Condon	Bushranger Bob & the Nude Olympics Bates & Condon
Nick Knickers and the Great Santa Round-up Di Bates	Jacob Fang and his Feral Family Di Bates

Bushrangers Series Teacher Sourcebook, Dianne Bates $40.00 (inc. p&p)

Containing blackline master exercises, this book presents a range of activities such as comprehensions, character studies, writing activities, dictionary use, vocabulary study, research, plot development etc.

Wordgames: Activities for Creative Thinking & Writing

Wordgames: Activities for Creative Thinking and Writing
by Dianne Bates (Five Senses Education)

This book contains 150 prose, poetry and wordplay activities ideal for use by writers and teachers in the classroom for ages ten to adult, or as a fund-raising (team games) activity.

Highly recommended by author/teacher Libby Gleeson in her book
Writing for Writers (PEN)

Its cost is $20 which includes p&p.
Send cheque (payable to D. Bates) to
PO Box 2116, Woonona East NSW 2517.

How to Self Edit (to improve writing skills) How to Self Edit to improve writing skills
by Dianne Bates
(Five Senses Education)

With 500 editing exercises (and suggested revisions), this book is ideal for a writer wishing to increase his or her chances of publishing success or for use in workshop situations – or for use by writing teachers.

Cost is $22 which includes p&p.
Send cheque (payable to D. Bates) to
PO Box 2116, Woonona East NSW 2517.

Crossing the Line

(Ford Street)
by Dianne Bates

Orphaned then abandoned by long-term foster carers, teenager Sophie lives with Amy and Matt. For a long time and unknown to others, Sophie has been self-mutilating: more recently she has been in therapy. Concerned about Sophie's increasing depression, the doctor admits her to a hospital. There Sophie is placed in an adolescent ward where she forms tentative relationships with other troubled teenagers and begins sessions with psychiatrist, Helen Marshall. However, the doctor crosses the patient-therapist line, but so too does Sophie ...

This is a moving and sensitive story on the topic of self-harm which is
prevalent in high schools around the country.
The book also deals with obsession and stalking.

"A profoundly sensitive exploration of emotional agony . . . an engrossing read." Elizabeth Fensham

"Drama, pathos, nail-biting stuff - this is Dianne Bates at her best."
Margaret Clark

BOOK ORDERS

Crossing the Line

To purchase
please send money order or cheque
(payable to Di Bates) for $16.95 (includes p&p) to
PO BOX 2116, WOONONA EAST NSW 2517.

BOOK ORDERS

Crossing the Line

To purchase please send money order or cheque (payable to Di Bates) for $16.95 (includes p&p) to PO BOX 2116, WOONONA EAST NSW 2517.

To purchase
please send money order or cheque
(payable to Di Bates) for $16.95 (includes p&p) to
PO BOX 2116, WOONONA EAST NSW 2517.