Bushrangers! Captain Thunderbolt CBCA 2023 Notables Picture Books The Healthy Me

The Healthy Me

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CBCA award-winner Zeno Sworder reflects on his own migrant parents' sacrifices to create a universal story about what it means to give to those you love

First published over sixty years ago

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Bushrangers! Captain Thunderbolt CBCA 2023 Notables Picture Books The Healthy MeBushrangers are featured in Australias early colonial history. They caused chaos on quiet country roads, often robbing the mail coaches as they travelled between towns. However, not all bushrangers were the same. One was called the gentleman bushranger. The story of the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt is a means to consider the historical development of the British colonies in Australia. The perspective of criminals robbing people along roads to small