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The Super-Roo of Mungalongaloo
Hard cover, with illustrated boards and clipped dust jacket, both in good condition. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning and light creasing to DJ cover, edges, corners and folds. Boards lightly tanned. Colours vibrant to boards, DJ and internal illustations. Pageblock notably tanned, leading into page edges. Within, binding is tight, content unmarked. CN
57 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
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January 2, 2016
Look for such a dated book it had some good points. For example brevity is indeed the soul of wit and the 58 pages at least half of which was illustrations took an amusing half hour to read (if that). This meant that the silliness of the humour (some of it I think over the heads of the children this is aimed for...does an eight year old know stereotypes about Freemasons?) was fun and didn;t have time to become stale or repetitive.
The book is problematic both in being about an explorer in outback Australia It nudges toward problematising this but any Aboriginal perspective (unsurprisingly for the 70s) is conspicuously absent. The other problematic aspect is the stereotypes in the book, however they are mainly toothless slapstick. There is little to nothing here to cause real offense, it's unthinking privileged white. male humour but mildly amusing and clean. And it's an extended joke for kids for 50ish pages...it's not meant to be deep and meaningful.
Why not if you come across it?
The book is problematic both in being about an explorer in outback Australia It nudges toward problematising this but any Aboriginal perspective (unsurprisingly for the 70s) is conspicuously absent. The other problematic aspect is the stereotypes in the book, however they are mainly toothless slapstick. There is little to nothing here to cause real offense, it's unthinking privileged white. male humour but mildly amusing and clean. And it's an extended joke for kids for 50ish pages...it's not meant to be deep and meaningful.
Why not if you come across it?
February 24, 2021
Still have this book from my childhood. It was very popular at the time.
My 9 yo son loved me reading this to him.
He especially loved finding ‘the hook’ on each of the illustrations! Very unique of Jeff Hook.
My 9 yo son loved me reading this to him.
He especially loved finding ‘the hook’ on each of the illustrations! Very unique of Jeff Hook.
May 6, 2024
3.5⭐️.
August 29, 2016
42 WORD REVIEW:
There is something delightfully enthralling — and quintessentially Australian — in Osmar White’s tale of Scotsman Angus McGurk’s intrepid expedition into the perilous heart of the Dreaded Deadibone Desert, this fanciful undertaking gaining impetus through the punchy illustrations of acclaimed newspaper cartoonist Jeff Hook.
There is something delightfully enthralling — and quintessentially Australian — in Osmar White’s tale of Scotsman Angus McGurk’s intrepid expedition into the perilous heart of the Dreaded Deadibone Desert, this fanciful undertaking gaining impetus through the punchy illustrations of acclaimed newspaper cartoonist Jeff Hook.
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August 23, 2008isbn,original
June 16, 2011
One of my favorites as a child and now reading it to my kids. Love it!
December 14, 2012
found in a op shop this bought back memories..I loved this story when little about the dreaded deadibone desert
December 7, 2014
Loved this book very old school Aussie!
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