Linda Ruth Brooks

Tabby was the tiniest kitten Chelsea ever had. She fed the kitten with a small syringe. Tabby needed so much love. Tabby meowed through the night. Chelsea woke and fed her. She had a big appetite for...

On sunset, an orange-red sun dipped behind Craggy Rock in the west. A flock of yellow-crested cockatoos flew to the wattle tree to feed on black seed pods. A young male Gang Gang cockatoo, with...

The Belmores have it all. A beautiful family, wealth and status, but when Angie's mother, Iris, begins to suffer from dementia, family secrets become harder to hide. Little by little, whisper by...

Seven year old Beth Renshaw has waited three long years for her father to come home from the Second World War. It's December 1945 and the war is over, but there is still chaos in Europe. The steam...

A white blanket of snow lay deep on the ground. Blistering cold winds brought sheet after sheet of swirling snowflakes. The 7.45 from Astonville was late. The clanking steam train only came twice a...

Near a sandy rock lay a tired Tasmanian devil. He'd had his fill of cool water from the billabong. He tried to keep one eye open, but soon slipped into restless sleep, snuffling and snorting...

To the outside world Alec and Tess have the perfect marriage. Yet, behind closed doors a stormy pendulum of seduction and coercion exists. Alec is masterful, mercurial, chameleon. Trapped like a...

None of the young animals had noticed that the water in the billabong was higher than usual. Certainly not Blue Roo who was bouncing awkwardly along the log that went from one side of the Banyula...

Dusty Bunny has a very important task. He is going to do his very best. His friends will help. His father has fallen down and 'broken his head'. Dusty isn't sure what that means, but Father does look...

Izzy has just turned five years old. Mum and Dad have brought home a baby brother. Izzy is bored playing on her own. She decides to take her cat, Pudding, for a walk, but she has forgotten the rule...

Katie Kookaburra was bored. Kyle Koala nibbled on a sweet red-tipped leaf while Callan Chameleon played with a soft, white feather. 'G'day. Wassup?' Blue Roo bounced up. 'Nothing.' Kate sighed. Blue...

I am Madame Iris Bigglesworth I'm a Very Important Cat In the kingdom where I live There's no dispute about that A book poem about a superior cat with elegant airs and two fine servants, Kyle and...

There's a randomness and whimsy to this collection, and anyone familiar with Linda, will expect exactly that. It is also represented in the cover art-a zentangle, aptly name 'Goldfish in the Garden'...

Brady Harcourt returns to his hometown with his teenage daughter, Ebony, three years after the death of his wife. But instead of being the answer to his problems, the seachange looks like unravelling...

Leah Antoine, 19, genius fashion designer fresh out of an award winning stint at Sydney TAFE with her own fashion line was sitting at the airport having emptied the house she shared with her husband,...

It's midnight. Bridget Galloway is spending her sixteenth birthday at the local cemetery-the only place free from the brutal bullying of her alcoholic father. Alone and friendless, in dark clothes...

I spent a good deal of my childhood frantically running--bare feet, of course--in all directions searching for that promised, though achingly elusive, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Running...

The Banyula Tales : Australian Bush AnimalsAuthor: Linda Ruth BrooksPublisher: Linda Ruth BrooksPublication Date: Dec 09, 2021Number of Pages: 58 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Banyula Tales: Australian bush animalsAuthor: Linda Ruth BrooksPublisher: Linda Ruth BrooksPublication Date: Dec 09, 2021Number of Pages: 74 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The young Banyula animals finally believe Serena Sugar Glider's adventure stories when she takes them to see the Blue Quandong. Their journey is interrupted by a strange, angry creature with huge...

A hot westerly wind rushed through Dry Gully, swirling through the trees, shaking branches and rattling leaves. Things began to blow in on the wind. Lots and lots of things. Blue tried to catch one...

It's 1916 and nine year old Henrietta Eloise Parsons is sick of war. They said it was The Great War, The War to End All Wars, as if it was an event like the Olympic Games, with parades, medals and...

The day the war ended is the day that I began. It was the day people danced in the streets of Sydney. Nanna Ennis tells me over and over that I interrupted the Prime Minister's speech on the radio...

Fraser is a shy frog. He has just moved with his mum and dad to a new pond. Meeting new frogs make him nervous. When he's nervous he hiccups. When he hiccups all sorts of things happen. How will he...

Fraser is a shy frog. He has just moved with his mum and dad to a new pond. Meeting new frogs make him nervous. When he's nervous he hiccups. When he hiccups all sorts of things happen. How will he...

Galilee is a Gospel music label started in 1978 and active until 1982, when all the key players were Christians (more or less). Now, three of the four believe in something else, leaving record...

In Australia there are a number of iconic buildings and structures, including the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and a number of churches and town halls. Australian sheds are equally...

They met on New Year's Eve-the most romantic night of the year. Jack Devon is in town to present a prize on the Sydney Harbour foreshore. He's enchanted by a free-spirted woman organising a photo...

Every third Wednesday we meet. Every third Wednesday we attempt to hone our craft. Stretching beyond rhyme, metre and description to tanka, cento, haiku, and abecedarium while we sip frothy...

I am Madame Iris Bigglesworth; I'm a Very Important Cat; In the kingdom where I live; There's no dispute about that!Author: Linda Ruth BrooksPublisher: Linda Ruth BrooksPublication Date: Oct 31,...