What Made Tiddalik Laugh

by Joanna Troughton

Published September 1977
Retells the Aboriginal tale about what happened when the giant frog Tiddalik had such a great thirst that he drank a lake, a river, and all the other water he could find until there wasn't a drop of water left anywhere.




The Wizard Punchkin

by Joanna Troughton

Published February 1988

Who Will be the Sun?

by Joanna Troughton

Published 5 September 1985


How Night Came

by Joanna Troughton

Published 1 September 1986
At the beginning of the world it is daylight all the time, because the Great Snake keeps night a prisoner, until the curiosity of three men sets night free.

Whale's Canoe

by Joanna Troughton

Published 24 June 1993

Make-Believe Tales

by Joanna Troughton

Published 1 October 1991
Four animals challenge a traveller to a tale-telling contest, which Princess Learned-in-the-Law must adjudicate.