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Bruce Atherton (Author)

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Bruce Atherton lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters. Between 1987 and 1999 he worked as a journalist for several media groups including the Age (Melbourne), Australian Associated Press (Melbourne) and other independent Melbourne newspapers.

The Billycart Ride is his first picture book. Bruce is currently working on a number of new projects, including a second picture book for Lothian.

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The Billycart Ride
By Bruce Atherton
Our dad made us a billycart we christened Lightning Runner;
he hammered in the shed all night and built an outright stunner.
The morning when he rolled her out the thing he told us last
was, 'Careful how you handle her, she's built to go real fast.'

When Michael takes the magnificent Lightning Runner for a spin on the highest hill in the neighbourhood, Lightning reaches breakneck speed and everyone...



Our dad made us a billycart we christened Lightning Runner;
he hammered in the shed all night and built an outright stunner.
The morning when he rolled her out the thing he told us last
was, 'Careful how...


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Published: 01/07/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143501008
RRP: $14.95
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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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