"Maggie the Magnificent" is something entirely different in children's nature stories. Readers of previous books by this author have realised that he approaches the popular theme of Australian bird and animal lore from an angle never before attempted by a writer of Juvenile books---sheer entertainment deftly combined with authenticity of detail.

The birds do not talk, but they LIVE. "Maggie the Magnificent" is an exceedingly well-written story of Australia's most popular black and white bird, the magpie. Though Maggie himself is the chief character and his life and...

This is a story any boy or girl could enjoy. It tells of Joey, a small kangaroo whose mother is killed before she can fully impart to him all that knowledge that bush creatures need in order to fend for and protect themselves. Joey goes through many vicissitudes - attack by men and by dingoes, capture, gunshot wounds - before he comes to rule his fellows, and by a hard-won victory over a rival animal, becomes King of the Ranges.