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Charley Learns to Swim

by Jane Gordon

Charley loved his adventures, although sometimes he went too far away and had to stay out overnight. Seeing a koala stranded out in the middle of a lake on his way home, nearly seemed too much for him. Especially the day after trying to save Rosie the baby wombat on an In-Between.

But the biggest adventure of all was about to happen when Old Man Kangaroo told him he needed to learn to swim to get home safely!

 

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Charley Meets a New Friend

by Jane Gordon

Charley the echidna thought he had learnt the ways of the wild and what to do when meeting up with strangers, but he’d never been ‘far away’ from home, or out after dark, before.

So when Joey, his young kangaroo friend, and his mother’s friend, William the wombat, took him on an adventure ‘far away,’ it was all very new to him. He learnt there were things called ‘In-Betweens’ that they had to cross and ‘Bright-Eyes’ that rushed at them when crossing.

However, this new territory brought about the biggest adventure of all…

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Charley Goes Out

by Jane Gordon

When Charley was still considered a puggle (a baby echidna), his mother told him they were going to the waterhole to meet the other wild animals. Charley’s mother knew they might meet a stranger along the way and therefore needed to teach him how to keep safe. This proved more difficult than she first thought.

Find out what happens when Charley meets the two-legged strangers. Does he listen to his mother’s advice? And who is the little friend who is always watching over him?

 

Learn about Australian animals including the echidna and kangaroo.

About the author

Jane Gordon

Teacher/writer/actor Jane Gordon has created children’s theatre productions most of her adult life in school and outside. She has worked as an actor in film and television. Namely as an extra in The Mystery of Natalie Wood, a two-part 2004 made-for-TV biographical film directed by Peter Bogdanovich; Eastern Suburbs snob, in TV series ‘Snobs,’ and various commercials.

 

She has just finished making a short film titled ‘LOST,’ with Yuin elder Warren Foster Snr from the Wallaga Community on the far south coast of NSW. This film has been screened locally in Narooma and will be screened again in 2025 at the Picture Show Man in Merimnbula. 
 
In 2017 she wrote and self-published her first children’s book titled, ‘Charley Goes Out.’ She has now republished the 2nd Edition of ‘Charley Goes Out,’ along with publishing her second and third books titled, ‘Charley Meets a New Friend’ and ‘Charley Learns How to Swim.’ More books are yet to be published in this series of eight books.