'musical and haunting' Publisher's Weekly
Paul is a dreamer, his head alive with rippling pianos, gentle violins and the smiles of Margaret, the one he loves. But in the cold light of day, Margaret snubs him at school, the piano has been sold, his father is battling to keep the farm, and dejected men are tramping the roads…looking for work, a sandwich, a cup of tea…
No one has time for music or dreams. Then Eric the Red comes along. Eric the Red, with his silver flute, his knowing wink and boots held together with wire. Eric the Red, just a step ahead of the law. Eric the Red, who knows how to make a flute from a piece of bamboo…
The Bamboo Flute is an evocative story of hardship, hope, respect and recognition, set during the Depression. Amongst many acclamations it has won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year for Younger Readers.
- ISBN10 0734415060
- ISBN13 9780734415066
- Publish Date 1 May 2013 (first published May 1992)
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Hachette Australia
- Imprint Lothian Children's Books
- Edition New edition
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 96
- Language English