The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill

by Dorothy Wall

Other authorsDorothy Wall (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2009

Description

This early work by Dorothy Wall was originally published in 1933 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian' is a children's story about Australia's most popular mischievous koala. Dorothy Wall was born on January the 12th, 1894 in New Zealand. From a young age Wall showed great talent as an artist and at age eleven won a scholarship for her drawing skills. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian, Blinky Bill Grows Up, and Blinky Bill and Nutsy. In 1985 a postage stamp honouring Wall for her creation, Blinky Bill, was issued by Australia Post as part of a set commemorating children's books.… (more)

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Fiction

Publication

Angus and Robertson; HarperCollins Australia (2009)

User reviews

LibraryThing member maz111

A much-loved book from my childhood, probably one of the first I read independently. Blinky is a feisty, if mischievous hero and has plenty of satisfying adventures. I recently read a comment about this book in which the writer said she could't read it to her class of seven-year olds as there was

too much physical punishment. I don't remember that at all - I did however take away form it Dorothy Wall's environmental message - that native wildlife was vulnerable to human exploitation. The scene where Blinky's father is shot by hunters is indeed horrible, and probably would be deemed too cruel for today's generation.

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LibraryThing member andrearules

One of my all time favorites as a kid. Every child should read this/have this read to them!

LibraryThing member leah152

I actually don't remember reading this when I was little so I thought it was time I did! I'm not going to run through the story as I think most of us know the story of the naughty koala by now!
I found this story delightful & very funny. However there are some bits that some people would find rather

inappropriate for a children's story these days. I read quite a few negative reviews on this on Goodreads around the time the movie came out. There were a few times when I thought Blinky was a downright poophead but on the whole, as long as you take into account it was published in a time when people were a lot less mindful of most things (it was published in 1939), it's still a good book that happens to contain a lot of opportunities to discuss why certain behavious aren't acceptable now with your kids.

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LibraryThing member therebelprince

Although many of us remember this fondly from our childhood, the sad reality is that Blinky and his pals have not aged well. Or, rather, the myth was always greater than the reality. The prose is dreary, the concepts rather dull, and the interactions unexciting.
No Australian born before the

mid-1990s is likely to ever forget the image of the koala boy in his little outfit, and it’s a quintessential Aussie moment, but, to quote the song, if that’s all there is, my friend, then let’s keep dancing...

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