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Penny Pollard #4
Penny Pollard's Passport
The unpredictable Penny Pollard is back and this time she's loose in England. Accompanied by her friend Alistair and his mother (the long-suffering chaperone), she looks for the Loch Ness Monster, discovers a new and not-so-mysterious meaning for Stonehenge, and makes lots of new friends from
all over the world (including the irritating, maddening, kleptomaniacal Heidi). Somehow, between adventures and sightseeing, she finds time to write, and her personal diary, letters, miscellaneous notes and snapshots have all been preserved for posterity and to the delight of would-be rebellious
heroines everywhere.
This is the fourth book about Penny Pollard. The first, Penny Pollard's Diary , was recently serialized in Cricket Magazine , and the series has been hailed as " fast, easy, and entertaining reading " by School Library Journal .
ROBIN KLEIN has written a great number of books for children. She writes full-time and lives in the country outside Melbourne.
ANN JAMES is an Australian illustrator who has illustrated all of the previous Penny Pollard books.
ALSO Penny Pollard in Print
Penny Pollard's Diary
Penny Pollard's Letters
all over the world (including the irritating, maddening, kleptomaniacal Heidi). Somehow, between adventures and sightseeing, she finds time to write, and her personal diary, letters, miscellaneous notes and snapshots have all been preserved for posterity and to the delight of would-be rebellious
heroines everywhere.
This is the fourth book about Penny Pollard. The first, Penny Pollard's Diary , was recently serialized in Cricket Magazine , and the series has been hailed as " fast, easy, and entertaining reading " by School Library Journal .
ROBIN KLEIN has written a great number of books for children. She writes full-time and lives in the country outside Melbourne.
ANN JAMES is an Australian illustrator who has illustrated all of the previous Penny Pollard books.
ALSO Penny Pollard in Print
Penny Pollard's Diary
Penny Pollard's Letters
72 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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About the author
Robin Klein
85 books75 followersWinner of the Dromkeen Medal (1991).
Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993).
Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Readers categories, as well as a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 for Came Back to Show You I Could Fly. Klein is widely considered one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved YA authors.
Robin Klein was born 28 February 1936 in Kempsey, New South Wales into a family of nine children. Leaving school at age 15, Klein worked several jobs before becoming established as a writer, having her first story published at age 16. She would go on to write more than 40 books, including Hating Alison Ashley (adapted into a feature film starring Delta Goodrem in 2005), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (adapted into a television series for the Seven Network in 1992), and Came Back to Show You I Could Fly (adapted into a film directed by Richard Lowenstein in 1993).
Klein’s books are hugely celebrated, having won the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award in both the Younger Readers and the Older Readers categories, as well as a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 for Came Back to Show You I Could Fly. Klein is widely considered one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved YA authors.
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May 22, 2012
Penny goes to the UK! With Alistair and his mum, and annoying little Heidi. This is the book that taught me what "kleptomaniac" meant :D And always made me smile when Heidi bought the lion for Bill, aww :D
Re-read May 22, 2012, even more fun now I've been to the UK myself - the picture of the baths at Bath made me squee because I WAS RIGHT THERE! The book is a mixture of Penny's letters home and diary entries, and along with her first diary it was always my favourite of the Penny books. And definitely still is up there as #2 :)
(Diary, Passport, in Print/Letters, Manners, for anyone curious. Print and Letters are too close to call. Scrapbook I'd slot in just after those two, ahead of Manners.)
Re-read May 22, 2012, even more fun now I've been to the UK myself - the picture of the baths at Bath made me squee because I WAS RIGHT THERE! The book is a mixture of Penny's letters home and diary entries, and along with her first diary it was always my favourite of the Penny books. And definitely still is up there as #2 :)
(Diary, Passport, in Print/Letters, Manners, for anyone curious. Print and Letters are too close to call. Scrapbook I'd slot in just after those two, ahead of Manners.)
February 2, 2015
In this story Penny wins a trip to England and takes her best friend Alistair and is also forced to take Alistair's mother much to her dismay. The story is told through her diary entries and letters home.
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