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  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857982643
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $16.99

Gibblewort the Goblin: Get Me Outta Here Collection



Blither and blather . . . Gibblewort the miserable Irish goblin is back!

Goblin in the City
Gibblewort the goblin thinks he is on the way home to Ireland . . . until he gets thrown out of a mail van into the middle of a busy, bustling city. Blither and blather! Where are the grey clouds? Where is the squelchy rain? And where is the icy breeze a goblin loves so well? Yikes! Gibblewort is lost in the big city . . . and he soon finds himself in all sorts of trouble.

Goblin in the Rainforest
Gibblewort the goblin is filled with joy when he crawls out of his postbag to find damp earth, falling rain and the sound of the wind through the trees. He's made it home to Ireland at last! Except it's not Ireland, it's the Australian Rainforest, and Gibblewort soon finds himself being stung, squeezed, sucked, nipped and pecked by all sorts of strange and unusual creatures . . . Another hilarious adventure from everyone's favourite grouchy goblin.

  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857982643
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $16.99

About the authors

Victor Kelleher

Victor Kelleher was born in London and came to Australia in 1976 via Africa and New Zealand. After an academic career he now writes both children's and adults' novels full-time. His books for Random House Australia include Johnny Wombat, To The Dark Tower, Del-Del and Beyond The Dusk. Victor has been shortlisted for many awards including the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award. He remains one of Australia's most celebrated authors.

Stephen Michael King

Stephen Michael King has been described as an artist who 'draws from the inside out', and it is this gentle, intuitive truth that gives heart and playfulness to his work. Stephen Michael King is an internationally renowned, award-winning author and illustrator whose career has spanned over thirty years, producing more that one hundred titles. He has worked with a stable of Australia's best children's book authors including Glenda Millard, Margaret Wild, Nick Bland, Peter Carey and Tim Winton. Books that Stephen Michael King has written and illustrated include: Three; Rainbow Bear; Mutt Dog!; Leaf; and Milly, Jack and the Dancing Cat. His books have been translated into over twenty languages, and he is frequently honoured in children's book award categories – including winning the CBCA Book of the year, and the Prime Minister's Literary Award.