Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent (13 page)

Jackie French
is a full-time writer and wombat negotiator. Jackie writes fiction and non-fiction for all ages, and has columns in the print media. Jackie is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors. She writes across all genres — from picture books and history to science fiction.

www.jackiefrench.com

Historical

Somewhere Around the Corner • Dancing with Ben Hall

Soldier on the Hill • Daughter of the Regiment

Hitler's Daughter • Lady Dance • The White Ship

How the Finnegans Saved the Ship • Valley of Gold

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy • They Came on Viking Ships

Macbeth and Son • Pharaoh • A Rose for the Anzac Boys

Oracle • The Night They Stormed Eureka

A Waltz for Matilda • Nanberry: Black Brother White

Pennies for Hitler

Fiction

Rain Stones • Walking the Boundaries • The Secret Beach

Summerland • Beyond the Boundaries

A Wombat Named Bosco • The Book of Unicorns

The Warrior — The Story of a Wombat • Tajore Arkle

Missing You, Love Sara • Dark Wind Blowing

Ride the Wild Wind: The Golden Pony and Other Stories

Non-fiction

Seasons of Content • A Year in the Valley

How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri

Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me into a Writer

How to Guzzle Your Garden • The Book of Challenges

Stamp, Stomp, Whomp

The Fascinating History of Your Lunch

Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders

To the Moon and Back • Rocket Your Child into Reading

The Secret World of Wombats

How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?

The Animal Stars Series

1. The Goat Who Sailed the World

2. The Dog Who Loved a Queen

3. The Camel Who Crossed Australia

4. The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded

5. The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger

6. Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent

Outlands Trilogy

In the Blood • Blood Moon • Flesh and Blood

School for Heroes

Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior

Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs

Wacky Families Series

1. My Dog the Dinosaur • 2. My Mum the Pirate

3. My Dad the Dragon • 4. My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome

5. My Uncle Wal the Werewolf • 6. My Gran the Gorilla

7. My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken

8. My Pa the Polar Bear

Phredde Series

1. A Phaery Named Phredde

2. Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce

3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian

4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom

5. Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian

6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid

7. Phredde and the Vampire Footy Team

8. Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants

Picture Books

Diary of a Wombat (with Bruce Whatley)

Pete the Sheep (with Bruce Whatley)

Josephine Wants to Dance (with Bruce Whatley)

The Shaggy Gully Times (with Bruce Whatley)

Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip (with Bruce Whatley)

Baby Wombat's Week (with Bruce Whatley)

Queen Victoria's Underpants (with Bruce Whatley)

The Tomorrow Book (with Sue deGennaro)

Christmas Wombat (with Bruce Whatley)

A Day to Remember (with Mark Wilson)

Angus&Robertson
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First published in Australia in 2012
This edition published in 2012
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Copyright © Jackie French 2012

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

French, Jackie.

Dingo: the dog who conquered a continent / Jackie French.

ISBN: 978 0 7322 9311 6 (pbk.)

ISBN: 978 0 7304 9377 8 (epub)

Animal stars; 6.

For primary school age.

Dingo — Juvenile fiction.

A823.4

Cover design by Natalie Winter

Cover image: two men and a dog in a canoe by Oliver Strewe / Getty Images; boy aiming bow and arrow by Gavriel Jecan / Getty Images; all other images by shutterstock.com