Ursula Dubosarsky

51 books • 4 series

Ursula Dubosarsky is widely regarded as one of the most talented and original writers in Australia today. She is the author of over 40 books for children and young adults, which have won a number of national prizes, including the NSW, Victorian, South Australian and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.

Alongside her fiction for older children, Ursula has a wonderful talent for picture books such as the highly popular The Terrible Plop and Too Many Elephants in This House, which have both been adapted as successful stage productions. She has also written the non-fiction Word Spy books about the English language, both of which also won major national awards.

Ursula has a PhD in English literature from Macquarie University and lives in Sydney with her family.
Oct 1, 2024
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Ethel the Penguin

May 2, 2023
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Hercules Quick's Big Bag of Tricks

Mar 1, 2022
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Mary and Marcus

Nov 3, 2020
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Pierre’s Not There

Jul 6, 2019
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Fairy Bread

Sep 6, 2018
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The Blue Cat

Mar 28, 2018
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Brindabella

Mar 1, 2017
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One Little Goat

Apr 7, 2016
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Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta): Talkative Tombstone

Mar 10, 2016
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Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta): Quivering Quavers

Oct 21, 2015
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Reindeer's Christmas Surprise

Aug 13, 2015
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Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA))

Apr 14, 2015
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The Great War

Oct 22, 2014
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The Talkative Tombstone: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 6 (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA), #6)

Jul 23, 2014
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The Quivering Quavers: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 5 (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA), #5)

Jul 23, 2014
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The Quivering Quavers: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 5

Apr 23, 2014
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The Dismal Daffodil: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 4 (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA), #4)

Apr 23, 2014
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The Dismal Daffodil: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 4

Dec 15, 2013
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Las Aventuras de Oso y Plumas

Aug 6, 2013
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The Golden Day

Jun 29, 2013
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The Missing Mongoose: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 3

Jun 29, 2013
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The Missing Mongoose: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 3 (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA), #3)

May 27, 2013
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The Looming Lamplight: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 2

May 27, 2013
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The Looming Lamplight: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 2 (CRYPTIC CASEBOOK OF COCO CARLOMAGNO (AND ALBERTA), #2)