Old Drumble: The Smartest Drover's Dog There Ever Was
Old Drumble is no ordinary sheep dog. As his master, Andy the Drover, tells it - he's had some pretty amazing adventures. Like the time he persuaded a frightened mob of sheep to cross a flooded river... on a tightrope. Or the time he had to get Old Nosy, Andy's horse, our of a tr... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
9-13 years |
| Reading Age |
9-13 years |
| NBS Text |
Children's Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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| Number of Pages |
224 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 135mm
Height: 200mm
Spine: 13mm |
| Weight |
155g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
32000 |
Description of this Book
The humorous and heartwarming story of Jack Jackman, a young boy who wants to be a stock drover, set in the small Waikato township of Waharoa in the late 1930s. Jack has a wonderful warm relationship with his parents and an old family friend, Andy the Drover, who each week drives a mob of cattle or sheep through the main street with the help of his dog, Old Drumble, and his horse, Nosy. All three become the boy's close friends over the long hot summer holidays, and each week Andy tells him and even more amazing story of how Old Drumble has saved the day yet again, with each adventure becoming more and more absurd. A Baron Munchausen of the sheep mob, Andy's yarns are dlightful, funny and quixotic - and in the hands of a master storyteller like Jack Lasenby, a passionate advocate of children's literacy, the result is pure magic.
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Awards & Reviews
| Awards |
Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Esther Glen Award 2009.
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Author's Bio
Jack Lasenby began his working life as a deer culler in the Ureweras in the 1950s, later becoming a teacher and editor of the school journals. A lecturer at Wellington Teacher's College from 1975, he has been writing since 1987 and has won every major award for children's literature many times. He specialises in writing about New Zealand heartland - small farms, towns and bush.
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