I can still see the yellow waters of the Yangtze River and hear that duck master calling, la la la lay and feel the thwack of the cane coming down on the last duck home each day – no wonder Ping hid to avoid it!

Transforming the Australian bush into a world of darling gumnut babies and wicked banksia men in rollicking adventures.

Definitely a girls-can-do-anything-boys-can-do series that had me reading at every opportunity.

Of course I loved the feisty Judy and cried and cried when the tree fell.

The beautiful illustrations had me hooked!