Old Drumble /

Lasenby, Jack, 1931-

Old Drumble / Jack Lasenby. - Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2008. - 224 p. ; 20 cm.

Novel for children. Cover subtitle: the smartest drover's dog there ever was.

Set in the small Waikato town of Waharoa in the 1930's. Jack Jackman is a young boy who wants to be a stock drover and has a special relationship with an old family friend, Andy the Drover. Andy shares yarns and adventures with Jack each week when he drives a mob of sheep or cattle through the main street with the help of his dog, Old Drumble and his horse, Nosy. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

9781869506742 9781869506742 186950674X


Sheep dogs--Children's fiction.
Livestock--Children's fiction.
Drovers--Children's fiction.
Farm life--Children's fiction.


Waharoa (N.Z.)--Children's fiction.


Children's stories, New Zealand.

NZ823.2

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