Dianne Bates' Published Books

Writing for the past 30+ years, mostly for young readers, I have published in excess of 120 books. Recently I have been updating the list. Here is a full list of my books. *  1983, The Year I Was Born(Moondrake, 1993) ISBN 1 86391 208 8
* 1984, The Year I Was Born(Moondrake, 1993) ISBN 1 86391 209 6
* A Game of Keeps (Celapene Press, 2014) ISBN 978 0 9873677 85
* A Night at Benny’s  (Harcourt Brace, 1989) ISBN  0 729 509 060
* A Tree House (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9780521710268
* Aussie Kid Heroes (Interactive Publications, 2009) 9781921479144
* Badu Boys Rule! (Insight Publications, 2006) ISBN 1921088 44 3
* Belly Busters (Random House, 1994) O O9 182945 3
* Between You and Me (Pearson Education, 2003) ISBN 0-1236-0229-7
* Big Bad Bruce illus Phoebe Middleton (A & R, 1994)  ISBN 0 207 18831 9, also 0 207      17696 5
* Big Bad Bruce illus Cheryll Johns (Koala Books, 2007) ISBN 9780864617712
* Basil Bopp the Burper (Hodder Headline, 1996) 9 780733 603693; (Reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN
* Billy Fishbone, King of the Kids(Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 9780733 605079; (Reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978174139 4602
* Blowflies and Glow-Worms (Cambridge Learning, 2008 ISBN978 0521710671
* Boys Only (No Girls) Otford Press, 2002) ISBN 1 876928 93 X
* Brad the Wonder Baby (Blake Education, 2000) ISBN 1 86509 331 9
* Bushranger Bob & the Nude Olympics(with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999) ISBN 0 7336 1038 2 (reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN
* Candy in the Kitchen  (Collins,1989) ISBN  07 3227 320X
* Carl’s Café (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 7339 33386/07608 5799  7
* Champion Children (Heinemann Library, 1998) ISBN 1 86391 694 6
* Christmas Around the World  (Macmillan)ISBN 0 7 329 0215 0
*  Christmas Carols, Songs and Poems (Macmillan) ISBN  0 732 902 126
*  Christmas in Australia (Macmillan) ISBN  0 732 902 169
* Christmas Make and Do (Macmillan) ISBN 0 7329 0217 7
* Christmas Stories (Macmillan) ISBN 0 7329 02134
* Cinderfella (Penguin, 2001) ISBN 0141312653
* Crash Landing (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 17 0105148
* Crossing the Line (Ford Street Publishing, 2008) ISBN 978 1 876462 70 3
* Dame Nellie Nickabocka, shooting Star( Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 7807 33 603723 (Reprinted Five Senses Education 2010) ISBN 9781741304596
* Daring Dora and the All-Girl Gang(Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 780733 603358; (Reprinted Five Senses Education 2010) ISBN
* Dateless & Desperate (Pearson Education, 2002) ISBN 07339 3472 2
* Desert Dan the Dunnyman (Hodder Headline, 1997); (reprinted Five Senses Education 2010) ISBN 9781741304819
* Erky Perky Silly Stuff (Five Senses Education, 2012) ISBN 978 1 74130 780 1
* Fangs (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 017 010513 X
* Famous & Fabulous Kids(Jacaranda Wiley, 1995) ISBN 0 73121 652 0
* Freaky Fact or Fiction: World Records(Hinkler Books, 2011) 978174185253
* Getting Even (Rigby Heinemann, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-1979-1
* Giggle and Grin (Five Senses Education, 2012) ISBN 978 1 74130 598 2
* Grandma Cadbury’s Bikie Gang(A&R, 1993) ISBN 0 207 179182
* Grandma Cadbury’s Safari Tours  (A&R, 1989)  ISBN 0 207 167 60X
* Grandma Cadbury’s Trucking Tales(A&R, 1987) ISBN 0 207 158 770 WINNER 1988 WEST AUSTRALIAN YOUNG READERS’ BOOK AWARD
* Grandma Cadbury’s Water World(Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 0-7336-0472-2
* Hairy Hannah and the Grandad Gang(Hodder Headline, 1997) 9 780733 605086; (Reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 9781741304589
* How Christmas Began  (Macmillan,1990) ISBN 0 7329 02142
* How to Self-Edit (To Improve Your Writing) ( Emerald Publishers, India, 2005) ISBN 81 7966 159 8; (reprinted by Five Senses Education, 2009) ISBN 9781741 306835
* I’m An Australian: A Class Journal(Jacaranda Wiley, 1992)   ISBN 0 7016 30280   WINNER SPECIAL PRIZE 1993 MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD.
* In Big Trouble (Rigby, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-2164-8
* Inventions (Heinemann Library,1998) ISBN 1 86391 693 8
* Jacob Fang & His Feral Family(Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 9 780733 603716; (Reprint Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 9781741304626
* Junk (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9780521 710251
* Justin’s Wells, illustrated by Tony Flowers (Rigby, 2007) ISBN 978 07312 7486 4
* How to Self-Edit (To Improve Writing Skills) (Emerald Publishing, India) ISBN 8179661598
* Kings of the Creek (Rigby, 2001) ISBN 0 7312 2743 3
* Madcap Cafe & other humorous plays(with Bill Condon; Brooks Waterloo, 1986)  ISBN 0 86 440 6152
* Making Friends on Beacon Street (Mimosa, 1992) ISBN 0 7 32771 048
* Money Smart Kids (Ibis, 2005) ISBN 1 920923 90 X
* My Other Mother (Rigby Heinemann, 1996) ISBN 0-7312-2155-9
* My Wacky Gran (Angus & Robertson, 1994) ISBN  0 207 18537 9/ also 0-207-19167-0 (1997)
* Ned the Nong & the Kelly Kids(with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999)ISBN 0 7336 1040 4; (Reprinted Five Senses Education 2010) ISBN
* Nick Knickers & the Great Santa Round-up (with Bill Condon) (Hodder Headline, 1999) ISBN 0 7336 1039 0; (Reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 978174130 4664
* Nobody’s Boy (Celapene Press, 2012) ISBN 978 0 9872556 00
* Operation Lily-Liver (with Bill Condon, 1987) ISBN 0 333 412 192
* Out of the Blue (PearsonEducation, 2005)
* Piggy  Moss  (Puffin, 1982) ISBN 0140 3153 65
* Promise Not to Laugh (Angus & Robertson, 1996) ISBN 0-207-19142-5 (with Chris McTrustry)
* Resourceful Kids (Rigby, 1997) ISBN 07312 2215 6
* Revise, Edit & Re-Write (Ashton Scholastic, 1994) ISBN 1 86388 173 5
* Rotten Rellies (Nelson, 1997) ISBN 9 780170 093019
* Schools at War! (Random House, 1997) ISBN 9780091 832926
* Scrum O’Crum & the Bushranger Babes(Hodder Headline, 1997) ISBN 0 7336 0510 9; (Reprinted Five Senses Education, 2010) ISBN 9781741304572
* Skin and Bones (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9780521 710701
* Stagestruck!  plays (with Bill Condon; HBJ, 1992) ISBN 0 729 5086 5X
* Supermouth  (Rigby, 1995) ISBN 0 7312 1947 3
* Terri (Puffin, 1981) ISBN 01 4031 3761
* The Belligrumble Bigfoot  (Roo Books, 1984) ISBN 0 9499 24474
* The Bogeyman in the Garden  (Longman, 1995) ISBN 0-582-80484-2
* The Boy Who Loved Chocolate  (Omnibus, 1990) ISBN 0 14 3457 01
* The Case of the Kidnapped Brat  with Bill Condon(Reed Mystery Mammoth, 1995)  ISBN 0582 910684/ ISBN 1-86330-475-4
 * The Curse of King Nevertrustme (Angus & Robertson, 1995) ISBN 0 207 18786 X
* The Funnies: Cartoons and Comics(Jacaranda Press, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 2816 2
* The Girl in the Basement (Morris Publishing Australia, 2013) ISBN 978 0 9875434 17
* The Hold-Up Heroes (National Museum of Australia, 2005)
* The Pobblebonk Frog (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9780521 710244
* The Last Refuge (Hodder Headline, 1996) ISBN 0 7336 0318 1
* The Little Red Hen, infants’ play (Macmillan, 1987) ISBN 0 333 410193
* The Magician (Rigby,1988) ISBN  0 731 202 740
* The Musicians of Bremen, infants’ play (Macmillan, 1987) ISBN 0 8136 36442
* The New Writer’s Survival Guide(Penguin,1989) ISBN  01 4011 5080
* The Shape (Allen and Unwin, 2000) ISBN 1 86508 353 4
* The Worst Cook in the World(Nelson, 1987) ISBN 0 454 01254 3
* The Slacky Flat Gang (with Bill Condon; Brooks Waterloo, 1988) ISBN 0864 400888
* Top Tasty Treats (Jacaranda, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 3195 3
* Troublemaker (Addison Wesley Longman 1996) ISBN 0 7791 0828 0 + (Sundance, 1997) ISBN 0 7608 0768 X
* The Trouble With Parents  (Longman, 1996) ISBN 0-582-80486-8 + (Scholastic, Canada, 2001) ISBN 0 7791 0827 2
* The Worst Cook in the World  (Nelson, 1987) ISBN  045 4012543
* Thirteen Going on Forty (Hodder & Stoughton, 1986) ISBN 0 340 376120
* Top Tasty Treats (Jacaranda Press, 1993) 0 7016 3195 3
* Treasure Seekers (Pearson Education, 2001) 0 7339 2470 0 (with Ann C Whitehead & Bill Condon)
* Troublemaker  (Longman, 1995) ISBN 0-582-80485-X
* Urgent Delivery (Thomas Nelson, 2002) ISBN 0 17 010519 9
* Villains ((Heinemann Library, 1996) ISBN 1-86391-457-9
* Whales (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 978-521 710695
* When Melissa-Ann CameTo Dinner (Harcourt Brace, 1989) ISBN 07 2950 8099
* We Care for Our School (Landmark, NZ, 1996)1 86959 174 4
* Who Pushed Humpty  (with Mary Small, illustrated Craig Smith, Mimosa,1992) ISBN 0 7327 09690
* Wordgames (Longman Cheshire, 1993) ISBN 0 582 91068 4
* Wordgames: Activities for Creative Thinking and Writing (Five Senses Education, 2009)   ISBN 781741 306828
* Your Teeth (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9 780521 710688
* Zoo Animals (Cambridge Learning, 2008) ISBN 9780521 7107718
 ANTHOLOGIES
 * Stay Loose, Mother Goose! (Omnibus/Puffin, 1990) ISBN 014 0345140
* Fun and Fantasy (Jacaranda Press, 1993) ISBN 0 7016 2786 7
* Out of the Box: Blue Book (Phoenix Education, 1994) ISBN 187569528 1
* That’s Entertainment (Rigby, 1994) ISBN 0 73121 678 2
* The Phone Book (Random House, 1995) ISBN 0 09 183034 6
* Trust Me (Ford Street, 2008) ISBN 978 1 876462 57 4
* Trust Me Too (Ford Street, 2012) ISBN 978 1 921665 58 5
* Stories for Five Year Olds (Random House, 2012) ISBN 978 1 74275 666 0
* Stories for Girls (Random House, 2013) ISBN 978 0 85798 0861
* Charms Volume 1 (Prints Charming Books, 2013) ISBN 5 800099 086146
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