The Biggles Books Bug

  • Stuart Kidd La Trobe University

Abstract

Collecting children's books may begin in childhood memories but is now an international activity thanks to the availability of online resources. Biggles books can get to the other side of the world faster than he could ever have flown!

Author Biography

Stuart Kidd, La Trobe University
David Beagley is Lecturer in Children's Literature and Literacy at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia, where he teaches units in Genres, History, Australian and Post-colonial children's literature. He has previously taught in secondary schools, and has been a school and university librarian.
Issue
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2009)
Section
Jabberwocky
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