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Max Fatchen (1920–2012)

Author of Australia at the Beach

28+ Works 216 Members

About the Author

Includes the name: M. Fatchen

Works by Max Fatchen

Australia at the Beach (1999) 51 copies

Wry Rhymes for Troublesome Times (Puffin Books) (1983) 20 copies

A Paddock of Poems (Puffin story books) (1987) 19 copies

Songs for My Dog and Other Wry Rhymes (1980) 18 copies

The Spirit Wind (1973) 17 copies

The Country Mail Is Coming: Poems from Down Under (1990) 16 copies

The River Kings (1966) 15 copies

Tea for Three (1994) 7 copies

Chase Through the Night (1978) 7 copies

Closer to the Stars (Puffin Books) (1981) 6 copies

A Pocketful Of Rhymes (1989) 6 copies

Howzat! : a celebration of cricket (2005) 5 copies

The very long nose of Jonathan Jones (2000) 5 copies

The river kings ; The spirit wind (1982) 4 copies

A Country Christmas (1990) 4 copies

Forever Fatchen (1983) 2 copies

Poetry All Sorts (2006) 2 copies

Mostly Max: the Musings of Max Fatchen (1995) 2 copies

The time wave (1978) 1 copy

Terrible Troy (2000) 1 copy

Flodens konger (1970) 1 copy

Peculiar Rhymes and Lunatic Lines (Poetry & folk tales) (1995) 1 copy

There and back : A cameo of travel interstate 1 copy

Just Fancy Mr. Fatchen: A Collection of Verse, Prose, and Fate's Cruel Blows (1967) 1 copy

Królowie rzeki 1 copy

Meet The Monsters (2004) 1 copy

Howzat! - A Celebration of Cricket 1 copy

Conquest of the river (1970) 1 copy

Associated Works

Going Barefoot and Other Poems (1989) — Contributor — 19 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Fatchen, Maxwell Edgar
Birthdate: 1920-08-03
Date of death: 2012-10-14
Gender: male
Occupations: journalist
columnist
children's book author
Organizations: Adelaide Advertiser
Awards and honors: Order of Australia (Member ∙ 1980)
Walkley Award For Broadcast Interviewing (1996)
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Smithfield, South Australia, Australia
Place of death: Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Associated Place (for map): South Australia, Australia

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Kidnapping -- children's/young adult fiction (2)

Boy/girl trees/nature/water etc cover--children's/YA fiction (1)

A Child's Book Tour of Australia (1)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

The Spirit Wind (2009.0858, 2009, Ages 12↑)

CBCA Book of the Year

The Spirit Wind (Honour Book – Highly Commended – 1974)

A Paddock of Poems (Puffin story books) (Honour Book – Younger Readers – 1988)

The River Kings (Honour Book – Commended – 1967)

Closer to the Stars (Puffin Books) (Shortlist – 1982)

A Country Christmas (Notable Book – Picture Books – 1991)

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Statistics

Works: 28
Also by: 1
Members: 216
Popularity: #103,223
Rating: ½ 3.6

ISBNs: 46
Languages: 2

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Adelaide Now obituary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation obituary

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