Lasenby, Jack.

Old Drumble / Jack Lasenby. - Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2008. - 224 pages ; 20 cm.

Novel for children. Cover subtitle: the smartest drover's dog there ever was.

Set in the small Waikato town of Waharoa in the 1930's. Jack Jackman is a young boy who wants to be a stock drover and has a special relationship with an old family friend, Andy the Drover. Andy shares yarns and adventures with Jack each week when he drives a mob of sheep or cattle through the main street with the help of his dog, Old Drumble and his horse, Nosy. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2009 Junior Fiction Winner.

9781869506742 (pbk.) 186950674X (pbk.)


Drovers--Juvenile fiction.
Sheep dogs--Juvenile fiction.
Farm life--Juvenile fiction.
Livestock--Juvenile fiction.
Drovers--Juvenile fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Sheep dogs--Juvenile fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Farm life--Juvenile fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Livestock--Juvenile fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Droving--Fiction.
Farm life--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Waharoa (N.Z.)--Fiction.
Drovers Fiction.
Waharoa (N.Z.) Juvenile fiction.


New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Waharoa (N.Z.)--Juvenile fiction.
Waharoa (N.Z.)--Fiction.


Children's stories, New Zealand.
Children's fiction.