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Noela Young

Author of The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School

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About the Author

Noela Young was born in Australia in 1930. After graduating with the College Medal for the Highest Honours in Illustration in 1951, she became a freelance illustrator. Before she started illustrating books, she created decorative headings for The Fruit and Vegetable News, did greeting card show more illustration, and was an illustrator for The School Magazine. She illustrated over 70 books including the Muddle-Headed Wombat series by Ruth Park, Grandpa by Lilith Norman, and Something Special and Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda. She died in 2018 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Noela Young

The Muddle-Headed Wombat at School (1966) — Illustrator — 29 copies
The magic of verse : Australian poetry from Chosen for children (1970) 16 copies
Flip, the flying possum (1963) 13 copies
Keep Out (1977) 8 copies, 1 review
Torty Longneck (1977) 2 copies
Mrs Pademelon's Joey (1967) 1 copy
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The Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat (1979) — Illustrator, some editions — 247 copies, 1 review
Finders Keepers (1990) — Illustrator, some editions — 181 copies, 2 reviews
The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1962) — Illustrator, some editions — 128 copies
An Older Kind of Magic (1972) — Illustrator, some editions — 88 copies, 2 reviews
Toby (1993) — Illustrator — 61 copies, 2 reviews
The Muddle-Headed Wombat and the Invention (1975) — Illustrator, some editions — 58 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Clean-Up Day (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 43 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat Is Very Bad (1981) — Illustrator, some editions — 40 copies
Grandpa (1998) — Illustrator — 32 copies, 1 review
The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Treetops (1965) — Illustrator, some editions — 20 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Snow (1966) — Illustrator, some editions — 19 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday (1964) — Illustrator, some editions — 18 copies
John the Mouse Who Learned to Read (1969) — Illustrator — 18 copies
More Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat (1980) — Illustrator, some editions — 14 copies, 1 review
The Muddle-Headed Wombat on the River (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 12 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat in the Springtime (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 12 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat on a Rainy Day (1969) — Illustrator, some editions — 12 copies
The wish cat (1965) — Illustrator, some editions — 8 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat Stays at Home (1982) — Illustrator, some editions — 8 copies
The Lost Islands (1957) — Illustrator, some editions — 7 copies
The Feather Star (1962) — Illustrator, some editions — 5 copies
Exploring Australia (1973) — Illustrator, some editions — 5 copies
The Muddle-Headed Wombat and the Bush Band (1973) — Illustrator, some editions — 4 copies
Captain Pickles and the Wandering Jane (1981) — Illustrator — 3 copies

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Keep Out by Noela Young
This book was ok. It was pretty long so I think that kids would get bored of it fast. It was about kids who lived in the city and they had no where to play, then the mayor decided to build them a park
Nov 2, 2008

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