A Tiny Story of Blinky Bill

By:   Dorothy Wall
Imprint:   New Holland
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 180mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   380g
ISBN:   9781760794057
ISBN 10:   1760794058
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   19 October 2021
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

p>span>Dorothy Wall (1894-1942), author and illustrator, was born on 12 January 1894 at Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand, daughter of Charles James William Wall, soldier, and his wife Lillian, neacute;e Palethorpe, both English born. From the age of 10 Dorothy won scholarships and studied at the Christchurch School of Art and Wellington Technical School. Migrating to Sydney in 1914, she joined thenbsp;/span>i>Sun/i>span>nbsp;newspaper; in October she had an illustration in thenbsp;/span>i>Lone Hand/i>span>; in 1920 her children's story,nbsp;/span>i>Tommy Bear and the Zookies/i>span>, was published. On 4 November 1921 at St Alban's Anglican Church, Five Dock, she married Andrew Delfosse Badgery, a clerk./span>/p>