Colin Thiele bibliography

The following is a complete list of books and other writings by Colin Thiele, the prolific Australian children's writer.

Children's books

 * Ab Diver, 1988
 * Aftershock, The sequel to Shatterbelt, 1992
 * Albatross Two, 1974
 * The Australian ABC, 1992
 * The Australian Mother Goose, 1992
 * The Australian Mother Goose II, 1994
 * Ballander Boy, 1979
 * Billy Bilby's Barbecue, 2005
 * Blue Fin, 1969
 * Brahminy: The Story of a Boy and a Sea Eagle, 1995
 * The Cave & The Glory of a Galumph, 1989
 * Chadwick's Chimney, 1979
 * Charlie Vet's Pet, 1992
 * Coorong Captive, 1985
 * Dad Drains The Oil, 1988
 * Dangerous Secret, 1997
 * Danny's Egg, 1989
 * Emma Keppler: Two Months In Her Life, 1991
 * Farmer Pelz's Pumpkins, 1990
 * Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1986
 * February Dragon, 1966
 * The Fire In The Stone, 1973
 * Flash Flood, 1970
 * Flip-Flop and Tiger Snake, 1970
 * Gemma's Christmas Eve, 1994
 * Gloop: The Bunyip, 1962
 * Gloop the Gloomy Bunyip, 1970
 * The Hammerhead Light, 1976
 * High Valley Montville, 1996
 * Jodie's Journey, 1988
 * Klontarf, 1988
 * Landslide, 1997
 * Little Tom Little, 1981
 * Magpie Island, 1974
 * The March of Mother Duck, 1993
 * Martin's Mountain, 1993
 * ''Miss Bilby", 2007
 * The Monster Fish, 1999
 * ''Mr Dumby's Ducks", 2006
 * Mrs Munch and Puffing Billy, 1967
 * The Mystery of the Black Pyramid, 1996
 * Pannikin and Pinta, 2000
 * Patch Comes Home, 1982
 * Pinquo, 1983
 * Pitch The Pony, 1984
 * Potch Goes Down The Drain, 1984
 * The Rim of the Morning: Six Stories, 1966
 * River Murray Mary, 1979
 * Rotten Egg, & Paterson To The Rescue, 1989
 * The Sea Caves, 2000.
 * Seashores and Shadows, 1985.
 * The Shadow on the Hills, 1977
 * Shadow Shark, 1985
 * Sharks in the Shadows, 1985
 * Shatterbelt, 1987
 * The Sknuks, 1977
 * Speedy, 1991
 * Stories Short and Tall, 1989
 * Storm Boy, 1963
 * The Sun on the Stubble, 1961
 * Sun Warm Memories: The Colin Thiele Reciter, 2003
 * Swan Song, 2002
 * Tanya and Trixie, 1980
 * Thiele Tales: Three Long Stories for Children, 1980
 * Timmy, 1993
 * Uncle Gustav's Ghosts, 1974
 * The Undercover Secret, 1982
 * The Valley Between, 1981
 * Wedgetail, 2003
 * Wendy's Whale, 1999
 * Yellow Jacket Jock, 1969

Fiction

 * Labourers in the Vineyard, 1970
 * The Seeds' Inheritance, 1986

Short story

 * The Ghost of Gartenschmuck, from A Handful of Ghosts: Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian authors; collected by Barbara Ker Wilson. 1976

Educational

 * Australian Poets Speak; Edited by Colin Thiele and Ian Mudie. 1961
 * Beginners, Please! One-Act Plays for Schools; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1964
 * Blue Fin, Educational Companion. 1978
 * The Book and the Media, 1976
 * Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1963
 * Handbook to Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1964
 * The Living Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 2; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
 * Looking at Poetry; Edited by Colin Thiele. 1960
 * One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 3; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson.
 * Plays for Young Players; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970
 * Setting the Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 1; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1969
 * The State of our State: Peeping At South Australia, Adelaide, 1952
 * Storm Boy, Educational Companion. 1976

Verse and prose

 * The Golden Lightning: Poems, 1950
 * Edward John Eyre, 1962
 * In Charcoal and Conte, 1966
 * Jindyworobak Anthology, 1953
 * Man in a Landscape, 1960
 * Poems in my Luggage, 1989
 * Progress to Denial: A Poem, 1945
 * Reckless Rhymes, 1994
 * Selected Verse, 1970
 * Songs for my Thongs, 1982
 * Splinters and Shards: Poems, 1945
 * Tea for Three, by Max Fatchen and Colin Thiele. 1994

General literature

 * The Adelaide Story, 1982
 * Barossa Valley Sketchbook, 1968
 * The Benedictions of Benjamin Gates, by Arthur Burfield and Colin Thiele. 1977
 * The Best of Colin Thiele, 1980
 * The Bight, 1976
 * Coorong, 1972
 * Coorong, 1986
 * The Coorong, 1997
 * Grains of Mustard Seed, with research by Ron Gibbs. 1975
 * Masterpieces, 1977
 * Heysen of Hahndorf, 1968
 * Heysen's Early Hahndorf, The Early Works of Sir Hans Heysen. 1976
 * Lincoln's Place: The Story of an Australian Pioneer Farm, 1978
 * The Little Desert, 1975
 * Maneater Man: Alf Dean, The World's Greatest Shark Hunter, 1979
 * Passing Glances and Glancing Passes: The Role of Teachers Centres, 1977
 * Range Without Man: The North Flinders, 1974
 * Ranger's Territory: The Story of Frank Woerle, as told to Colin Thiele. 1987
 * Some Ideas For Conference Organisers, by Ron O'Hare and Colin Thiele. 1977
 * Something To Crow About: A Keyhole Glimpse of South Australia, 1986
 * South Australia Revisited, 1986
 * With Dew On My Boots: A Childhood Revisited, 1997

Videos

 * Cigarettes and Matches, from Sun on the Stubble. 1979
 * The Fire In The Stone
 * Storm Boy, SAFC. 1976
 * Sun on the Stubble, 1996

Spoken word recordings

 * Anna, from 5UV. 27 August 1984
 * Ballander Boy
 * Burke and Wills, AFoA. 1960
 * Colin Thiele Travelogue, 1977
 * Emma Keppler, 1993
 * Farmer Schulz's Ducks, 1987
 * Final Assembly of Wattle Park Teachers College, 1972
 * In Charcoal & Conte:, Series: Poets Tongue, 1966
 * Introducing Blue Fin, 1978
 * Look to the Future, 1992
 * Magpie Island, 1995
 * Pitch the Pony
 * Potch Goes Down The Drain
 * Public Reading of Poetry and Prose, 1977
 * The Seed's Inheritance, 1988
 * The Shadow on the Hills, from ABC. 26 September 1979
 * The Shark Fishers, from ABC
 * The Sknuks, 1987
 * Snook Takes A Dip?, Adapted from the novel Blue Fin
 * Speedy, 1992
 * Stories Short and Tall, 1990
 * Storm Boy: A Dramatisation, 1994
 * The Sun on the Stubble, from ABC. 1995
 * Talking & Reading, 1980
 * Tigersnook, Based on Blue Fin, 1979
 * The Tuna That Fell Off A Truck, 1979
 * The Undercover Secret, from ABC. 1996
 * Winners! 2, from ABC. 1998
 * With Dew On My Boots, from ABC Audio. 1997

Articles and miscellanea
The articles here are writings with portions, though not the entire work necessarily, attributed to Colin Thiele.


 * Kapunda Memories
 * Hearts & Minds: Creative Australians and the Environment, with M Pollak and M MacNabb., 2000
 * D.B. Kerr and P.G. Pfeiffer's, Lost Angry Penguins, 2000
 * ReSearch98: Spotlight On Research In Education, 1998
 * Believe In Yourself: Who'd Want To Be A Writer?, 1996
 * Big Rig, in Big Rig and Other Poems, 1995
 * A Special Place In A Writer's World, 1992
 * Meet Colin Thiele, 1992
 * Dragnet, in After Dark: Seven Tales To Read At Night, 1992
 * Happy Birthday Rippa, 1991
 * Hi, I've Got Brown Eyes, from Classroom: The Magazine For Teachers, 1990
 * The Kindest Cut: Arthritis Snd Surgery, 1990
 * Behind Books, from The Spirit Of Place, 1990
 * Change and Short Change, 1990
 * The Candle and the Star, 1988
 * Foreword in Peter Killey's, My Word - My World, 1986
 * Society Expects Too Much Of Education, David Tonkin interviews Colin Thiele. 1985
 * A Child's Christmas, from SAM: South Australian Magazine. 1983
 * Inside story: Profiles in children's literature, 1983
 * Contributions to, Unlimited Scope, 1983
 * Foreword in, An Australian Bush Who's Who: Verses and Illustrations, 1983
 * Colin Thiele Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., September 1982
 * Origins and Odysseys: Writers' Childhood Influences, July 1982
 * The Part-time Writer: The Agony and the Ecstasy, May 1980
 * Childhood and Change, November 1980
 * Sunrise and Starshine: A Boyhood Revisited, in The Early Dreaming: Australian Children's Authors on Childhood, 1980
 * Foreword from, South Australian Parks and Conservation, November 1979
 * The Bathers Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., March 1979
 * A World of Living Books, 1978
 * Foreword from, Our magazine: The Writers Club of the Helping Hand, 1977
 * Shall we make a film of your book?, 1976
 * Roll on Port Lincoln, 1973
 * The Dragon's Rampage, from The Too-Many Professors and Other Stories, 1973
 * A Farewell to Wattle Park, 1972
 * The Quality of Experience, May 1972
 * Things Books Grow From, or Why Books Germinate, and How They Are Affected By The Climate and The Gardner, August 1970
 * The Educator at the Party, November 1969
 * No Man Bathes Twice In The Same River, August 1968
 * Grass Roots and Far Horizons, 1967
 * Four poems, for ASEA Bulletin, October 1967
 * Wintering
 * Eclipse
 * Radiation Victim
 * Shall Such A Love
 * Creative English in Primary Schools, November 1967
 * Storm Boy from Woman's Day, March 1965
 * Lady Franklin in South Australia Tradition, April 1964
 * Lutheran Landing, Port Misery, 1838, November 1963
 * Flying the Bight, November 1962
 * Dark Room, November 1962
 * School Hymn, for Seacombe High School, 1962
 * The Secondary School Teacher, May 1958
 * Two Homecomers, November 1943