As you walk towards the east, then the shadows rise
The name Ruth Park meant nothing to me, until I saw that she had written Playing Beatie Bow (1980). I had already heard about Dick King-Smith.
Anyone else I read before the age of eleven dies this month, I fire it.
Anyone else I read before the age of eleven dies this month, I fire it.

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Oh no! (To both ... .)
I came to King-Smith late: I took his "Sophie" books out for The Young Lady when she was in the early grades.