Goblin on the Reef

Gibblewort the Goblin #3

by Victor Kelleher, Stephen Michael King

Gibblewort's goblin friends are at it again--they've sent him back to Australia, and this time he should have packed his scuba gear Gibblewort the Irish goblin is as nasty as ever. When his goblin friends get tired of his wicked ways, they teach him a lesson by packing him off to a damp part of Australia. The place he ends up in couldn't be damper--the Great Barrier Reef. Delight in the adventures of Gibblewort and the fascinating creatures he encounters there.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Victor Kelleher is an Australian author. Victor was born in London and moved to Africa with his parents, at the age of fifteen. He spent the next twenty years travelling and studying in Africa, before moving to New Zealand. Kelleher received a teaching degree in Africa and has taught in Africa, New Zealand and Australia. While in New Zealand, he began writing part time, prompted by homesickness for Africa. He moved to Australia in 1976, with his South African wife, Allison, and taught at the University of New England, in Armidale, New South Wales, before moving to Sydney to write full time. Many of the books he has written have been based on his childhood and his travellings in Africa.

Kelleher has won many awards for his books, such as the Australian Children's Book Award.

Reviews

[Louise]

A grumpy Irish goblin is packed up in a mailbag and sent to Australia by his friends, who are sick of his general grumping. He ends up on the Great Barrier Reek and encounters all the marine life that you would expect.