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  • Published: 3 June 1991
  • ISBN: 9780140541274
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99

A Nice Walk in the Jungle




As Miss Jellaby takes her class on a nice nature walk through a most extraordinary jungle, she does not realise that they are being followed by a very hungry boa constrictor.

  • Published: 3 June 1991
  • ISBN: 9780140541274
  • Imprint: Picture Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $16.99

About the author

Nan Bodsworth

Nan Bodsworth was born at Swan Hill and spent her childhood on a farm beside the Murray River. She studied Art in Melbourne, and has worked as an art teacher, medical artist and designer. She lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for several years. She has written several children's books, some inspired by her own children. Nan and her husband live beside the beach on the Bellarine Peninsula and have three grown-up children.

Awards & recognition

YABBA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1992  •  Picture Book

YABBA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  1993  •  Picture Book

KOALA Children's Choice Awards

Longlisted  •  2000  •  Young Reader