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Children's Book - "Fluff and Nip"

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Fred J Schonell & Irene Serjeant

1971

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Overview

32 pages of colourful images and black text
Paperback with three staples along the spine

Historical information

"Happy Venture Book One: Fluff and Nip" is an early reader foundational book from the classic Happy Venture Readers reading scheme.
Featuring characters like Dick and Dora (brother and sister), with their pets, Fluff (a kitten) and Nip (a puppy). Designed by F.J. Schonell and Irene Serjeant to teach foundational reading skills to young children.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2026.022

ISBN

0050024744

Item type

Books (Instructional)

Themes

Material

Width

135 mm

Height or length

215 mm

Inscriptions and markings

"Fluff & Nip (an introductory book)"

Inside cover is a typed note:

John Thomas BOVELL of Mullalyup
brother of Joseph (early settler)

This book is donated by his great grandaughters:
Rachel Clair Wright (Marchant, Holywell) of Darch, Western Australia
Mother Biddy

Jane Bray (Edge) of Henley Beach, South Australia
Mother Eileen

And in handwriting underneath text:
"William Thomas HOLYWELL. Early Settler in Bunbury, Western Australia"

On first page of book, is a purple rubber stamp mark "St Joachim's Preparatory School, Victoria Park"

Contextual information

This educational booklet was donated by John Thomas Bovell's great granddaughters.

A copy of a newspaper cutting from the "Deaths" section of Western Mail Newspaper has been adhered to the inside cover of book, and states -

BOVELL.—On July 23, 1924 (died aged 43).
John Thomas Bovell, husband of Ethel Bovell, father of Ethel, Biddy & Eileen. He was the third son of the late John and Mary Ann Bovell, of Mullalyup; also brother of William, Joseph, David, Elizabeth, Mary, Ellen and Agnes.

Born: 8th October, 1880 (Bridgetown, WA)

Keywords

Children's book

Bovell Family

John Bovell

Place made

Illustrated by: Will Nickless
Published by: Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh

Year

1971

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