# Colin Thiele bibliography

The following is a complete list of books and other writings by Colin Thiele, the prolific Australian children's writer.

## Children's books

* Ab Diver, 1988
* Aftershock, The sequel to Shatterbelt, 1992
* Albatross Two, 1974
* The Australian ABC, 1992
* The Australian Mother Goose, 1992
* The Australian Mother Goose II, 1994
* Ballander Boy, 1979
* Billy Bilby's Barbecue, 2005
* Blue Fin, 1969
* Brahminy: The Story of a Boy and a Sea Eagle, 1995
* The Cave & The Glory of a Galumph, 1989
* Chadwick's Chimney, 1979
* Charlie Vet's Pet, 1992
* Coorong Captive, 1985
* Dad Drains The Oil, 1988
* Dangerous Secret, 1997
* Danny's Egg, 1989
* Emma Keppler: Two Months In Her Life, 1991
* Farmer Pelz's Pumpkins, 1990
* Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1986
* February Dragon, 1966
* The Fire In The Stone, 1973
* Flash Flood, 1970
* Flip-Flop and Tiger Snake, 1970
* Gemma's Christmas Eve, 1994
* Gloop: The Bunyip, 1962
* Gloop the Gloomy Bunyip, 1970
* The Hammerhead Light, 1976
* High Valley Montville, 1996
* Jodie's Journey, 1988
* Klontarf, 1988
* Landslide, 1997
* Little Tom Little, 1981
* Magpie Island, 1974
* The March of Mother Duck, 1993
* Martin's Mountain, 1993
* Miss Bilby, 2007
* The Monster Fish, 1999
* Mr Dumby's Ducks, 2006
* Mrs Munch and Puffing Billy, 1967
* The Mystery of the Black Pyramid, 1996
* Pannikin and Pinta, 2000
* Patch Comes Home, 1982
* Pinquo, 1983
* Pitch The Pony, 1984
* Potch Goes Down The Drain, 1984
* The Rim of the Morning: Six Stories, 1966
* River Murray Mary, 1979
* Rotten Egg, & Paterson To The Rescue, 1989
* The Sea Caves, 2000.
* Seashores and Shadows, 1985.
* The Shadow on the Hills, 1977
* Shadow Shark, 1985
* Sharks in the Shadows, 1985
* Shatterbelt, 1987
* The Sknuks, 1977
* Speedy, 1991
* Stories Short and Tall, 1989
* Storm Boy, 1963
* The Sun on the Stubble, 1961
* Sun Warm Memories: The Colin Thiele Reciter, 2003
* Swan Song, 2002
* Tanya and Trixie, 1980
* Thiele Tales: Three Long Stories for Children, 1980
* Timmy, 1993
* Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, 1974
* The Undercover Secret, 1982
* The Valley Between, 1981
* Wedgetail, 2003
* Wendy's Whale, 1999
* Yellow Jacket Jock, 1969

## Fiction

* Labourers in the Vineyard, 1970
* The Seeds' Inheritance, 1986

## Short story

* The Ghost of Gartenschmuck, from A Handful of Ghosts: Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian authors; collected by Barbara Ker Wilson. 1976

## Educational

* Australian Poets Speak; Edited by Colin Thiele and Ian Mudie. 1961
* Beginners, Please! One-Act Plays for Schools; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1964
* Blue Fin, Educational Companion. 1978
* The Book and the Media, 1976
* Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1963
* Handbook to Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1964
* The Living Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 2; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
* Looking at Poetry; Edited by Colin Thiele. 1960
* One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 3; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson.
* Plays for Young Players; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
* Setting the Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 1; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1969
* The State of our State: Peeping At South Australia, Adelaide, 1952
* Storm Boy, Educational Companion. 1976

## Verse and prose

* The Golden Lightning: Poems, 1950
* Edward John Eyre, 1962
* In Charcoal and Conte, 1966
* Jindyworobak Anthology, 1953
* Man in a Landscape, 1960
* Poems in my Luggage, 1989
* Progress to Denial: A Poem, 1945
* Reckless Rhymes, 1994
* Selected Verse, 1970
* Songs for my Thongs, 1982
* Splinters and Shards: Poems, 1945
* Tea for Three, by Max Fatchen and Colin Thiele. 1994

## General literature

* The Adelaide Story, 1982
* Barossa Valley Sketchbook, 1968
* The Benedictions of Benjamin Gates, by Arthur Burfield and Colin Thiele. 1977
* The Best of Colin Thiele, 1980
* The Bight, 1976
* Coorong, 1972
* Coorong, 1986
* The Coorong, 1997
* Grains of Mustard Seed, with research by Ron Gibbs. 1975
* Masterpieces, 1977
* Heysen of Hahndorf, 1968
* Heysen's Early Hahndorf, The Early Works of Sir Hans Heysen. 1976
* Lincoln's Place: The Story of an Australian Pioneer Farm, 1978
* The Little Desert, 1975
* Maneater Man: Alf Dean, The World's Greatest Shark Hunter, 1979
* Passing Glances and Glancing Passes: The Role of Teachers Centres, 1977
* Range Without Man: The North Flinders, 1974
* Ranger's Territory: The Story of Frank Woerle, as told to Colin Thiele. 1987
* Some Ideas For Conference Organisers, by Ron O'Hare and Colin Thiele. 1977
* Something To Crow About: A Keyhole Glimpse of South Australia, 1986
* South Australia Revisited, 1986
* With Dew On My Boots: A Childhood Revisited, 1997

## Videos

* Cigarettes and Matches, from Sun on the Stubble. 1979
* The Fire In The Stone
* Storm Boy, SAFC. 1976
* Sun on the Stubble, 1996

## Spoken word recordings

* Anna, from 5UV. 27 August 1984
* Ballander Boy
* Burke and Wills, AFoA. 1960
* Colin Thiele Travelogue, 1977
* Emma Keppler, 1993
* Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1987
* Final Assembly of Wattle Park Teachers College, 1972
* In Charcoal & Conte:, Series: Poets Tongue, 1966
* Introducing Blue Fin, 1978
* Look to the Future, 1992
* Magpie Island, 1995
* Pitch the Pony
* Potch Goes Down The Drain
* Public Reading of Poetry and Prose, 1977
* The Seed's Inheritance, 1988
* The Shadow on the Hills, from ABC. 26 September 1979
* The Shark Fishers, from ABC
* The Sknuks, 1987
* Snook Takes A Dip?, Adapted from the novel Blue Fin
* Speedy, 1992
* Stories Short and Tall, 1990
* Storm Boy: A Dramatisation, 1994
* The Sun on the Stubble, from ABC. 1995
* Talking & Reading, 1980
* Tigersnook, Based on Blue Fin, 1979
* The Tuna That Fell Off A Truck, 1979
* The Undercover Secret, from ABC. 1996
* Winners! 2, from ABC. 1998
* With Dew On My Boots, from ABC Audio. 1997

## Articles and miscellanea

The articles here are writings with portions, though not the entire work necessarily, attributed to Colin Thiele.
* Kapunda Memories
* Hearts & Minds: Creative Australians and the Environment, with M Pollak and M MacNabb., 2000
* D.B. Kerr and P.G. Pfeiffer's, Lost Angry Penguins, 2000
* ReSearch98: Spotlight On Research In Education, 1998
* Believe In Yourself: Who'd Want To Be A Writer?, 1996
* Big Rig, in Big Rig and Other Poems, 1995
* A Special Place In A Writer's World, 1992
* Meet Colin Thiele, 1992
* Dragnet, in After Dark: Seven Tales To Read At Night, 1992
* Happy Birthday Rippa, 1991
* Hi, I've Got Brown Eyes, from Classroom: The Magazine For Teachers, 1990
* The Kindest Cut: Arthritis Snd Surgery, 1990
* Behind Books, from The Spirit Of Place, 1990
* Change and Short Change, 1990
* The Candle and the Star, 1988
* Foreword in Peter Killey's, My Word - My World, 1986
* Society Expects Too Much Of Education, David Tonkin interviews Colin Thiele. 1985
* A Child's Christmas, from SAM: South Australian Magazine. 1983
* Inside story: Profiles in children's literature, 1983
* Contributions to, Unlimited Scope, 1983
* Foreword in, An Australian Bush Who's Who: Verses and Illustrations, 1983
* Colin Thiele Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., September 1982
* Origins and Odysseys: Writers' Childhood Influences, July 1982
* The Part-time Writer: The Agony and the Ecstasy, May 1980
* Childhood and Change, November 1980
* Sunrise and Starshine: A Boyhood Revisited, in The Early Dreaming: Australian Children's Authors on Childhood, 1980
* Foreword from, South Australian Parks and Conservation, November 1979
* The Bathers Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., March 1979
* A World of Living Books, 1978
* Foreword from, Our magazine: The Writers Club of the Helping Hand, 1977
* Shall we make a film of your book?, 1976
* Roll on Port Lincoln, 1973
* The Dragon's Rampage, from The Too-Many Professors and Other Stories, 1973
* A Farewell to Wattle Park, 1972
* The Quality of Experience, May 1972
* Things Books Grow From, or Why Books Germinate, and How They Are Affected By The Climate and The Gardner, August 1970
* The Educator at the Party, November 1969
* No Man Bathes Twice In The Same River, August 1968
* Grass Roots and Far Horizons, 1967
* Four poems, for ASEA Bulletin, October 1967
** Wintering
** Eclipse
** Radiation Victim
** Shall Such A Love
* Creative English in Primary Schools, November 1967
* Storm Boy from Woman's Day, March 1965
* Lady Franklin in South Australia Tradition, April 1964
* Lutheran Landing, Port Misery, 1838, November 1963
* Flying the Bight, November 1962
* Dark Room, November 1962
* School Hymn, for Seacombe High School, 1962
* The Secondary School Teacher, May 1958
* Two Homecomers, November 1943