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BfK No. 52 - September 1988

Cover Story
The illustrations on our cover are taken from Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, published by Viking Kestrel (0 670 81688 4, £6.95). We are grateful to Viking Kestrel for help in using these illustrations.

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Frank Boulderbuster: The Last of the Great Swagmen

Doug MacLeod
(Puffin Books)
978-0140324747, RRP £1.95, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
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'All swaggies are ratbags. Dirty old blokes carrying their homes around on their backs.' Frank Bouldermaster, the Last of the Great Swagmen, is Crocodile Dundee Incarnate a veritable amalgam of Paul Hogan, Richie Benaud and a crate of Fosters, all purveyed through an amber hue! Great fun for the reading, following the Life of Frank through his adventures with the Smiling Shingleback, the Box Ghost and the Cologne Ranger. The action moves faster than the Oz slang, which demands a glossary all of its own. What! Can't follow the story? You've got to be a drongo and a nong!

Reviewer: 
Bill Boyle
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