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Global Cooling The second in a trilogy of environmentally conscious but enjoyable novels for kids who want to learn about how to save the Earth. After their early success with Project Earth-Mend in Canberra in The Greenhouse Effect, Tiger the Cat bids farewell to his owner, Alexander, and heads off to the coast with his friend Wanda the Blue-tongue and the frog Tark (who is really an extraterrestrial from the Planet Griffon) to spread the word about how to save the Earth. They enlist a lot of fellow creatures along the way, including Sam the Crow, who brings important messages from Prince and Eudora of the Sacred Pool. With a lot of help from Tark’s magical toe, Tiger and the crew convince others to help out in the quest to cool the Earth, but the ultimate test lies ahead when they have to convince the elusive Yowie and the doubtful King of the Crocs to pitch in. Can they really help shift the Earth away from disaster toward Global Cooling? Read on and find out!
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ISBN 9781876819767
Release date: 17 February 2008 (NZ, US, Canada, UK); 15 May (AUS) |
RRP: AUS$15.95 | fiction |
chapter book (ages 8-15), 206 pp, paperback |
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| RRP: US/CAN$11.95 | |||
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David P Reiter
Dr David P Reiter i(pictured here with his son, Alexander) s an multi-award winning author and publisher living in Brisbane. He has written sixteen fiction, poetry and children’s titles, as well as scripts and multimedia. His previous children's books are Real Guns and The Greenhouse Effect.
He's won the Queensland Premier’s Award and been shortlisted for the Steele Rudd and Adelaide Festival Awards. He’s presented his work to audiences in Australia and overseas and received several grants from the Australia Council and Arts Queensland.
Sample
It was only a few days since Tiger had left Canberra for the Coast with Wanda the blue-tongued lizard and Tark the magical frog. His tummy began to grumble again though it was only mid-morning.
I wonder if I’ve packed enough Cat Gourmet, he thought, trembling at the sight of yet another steep climb on the trail ahead.
But he only said: ‘If anyone’s hungry, we could stop up there in the clearing.’
Tark spun around on the track. ‘We’ve only been walking for a little while!’
Wanda smiled. ‘I told you he wouldn’t be up to it, Tark. Introduced species have very little staying power.’
Tiger felt the fur on the back of his neck rise. ‘I wish you’d give that Introduced Species stuff a rest,’ he snapped.
‘Touchy, touchy!’ said Wanda. ‘I’m just trying to keep you moving. It’ll take months for us to make it to the Coast if we have to stop every three hours for a snack.’
‘Not necessarily,’ winked Tark. ‘If you’d only let me use my special powers, we could be there in a nano-second.’
‘No cheating,’ said Wanda, shaking a disapproving claw at him. ‘If we’re going to do our part in Project Earthmend, we have to do it the natural way. Otherwise, the natives will never take us seriously!’
‘OK, OK!’ grumbled Tiger, leading the way up the hill. ‘A cat is only as good as his promise, and I told Alexander I would lead the way for our species.’
Links
to details on the national tour of Global Cooling, starting in Cairns on 30 August 2008 [upcoming]
to Lauren Daniel's interview with David about Global Cooling in IP eNews 39 [upcoming]
to the Westender's feature on the Seven Hills State School launch of Global Cooling
to David's previous book, Real Guns
David's profile