| ISBN |
9780642278654 |
| Name |
Reeder, Stephanie Owen author. |
| Title |
Lennie the legend : solo to Sydney by pony Stephanie Owen Reeder. |
| Published |
Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2015. |
| Description |
107 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
| Notes |
National Library's N and NL copies signed by author. |
| New South Wales Premiers Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96) and index. |
| Contents |
Preparing the Ground -- The Great War -- A Grand Plan Revealed -- Living on the Land -- Against the Odds -- The Great Depression -- In the Halls of Power -- Australia's National Capital -- The Boy from the Bush -- City Living -- You're a Legend! -- The Sydney Harbour Bridge -- Epilogue -- Author's Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Background Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Index. |
| Summary |
Age range 7 and over. Based on a true story of nine-year-old Lennie Gwyther who, at the height of the Great Depression in 1932, rode his pony from his home town of Leongatha in rural Victoria to Sydney to witness the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Lennie's 1,000-kilometre solo journey captured the imagination of the nation, and his determination and courage provided hope to many at a difficult time in Australia's history. Lennie the Legend begins with a terrible accident on the family farm, when Lennie, remarkably at such a young age, takes on the responsibility for the ploughing. Lennie is obsessed with the marvel of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and, as a reward for saving the farm from missing the planting season, his parents grant him his wish to ride on his own to Sydney for the opening of the bridge. Lennie has all sorts of adventures along the way: a thief lurking in the bush in the dead of night, a raging bushfire, surprise appearances, celebrations in his honour, being the star of a newsreel, and meeting the Prime Minister. |
| Target audience note |
For primary school age. |
| Subjects |
Gwyther, Lennie -- Juvenile fiction |
| Farm life -- Australia -- Victoria -- Fiction |
| Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction |
| Horsemanship |
| Farm life -- Australia -- Victoria -- Juvenile literature |
| Farm life -- Victoria |
| Farm life -- Juvenile literature |
| Farm life |
| Farm life -- Australia -- Victoria -- Juvenile fiction |
| Horsemanship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories, Australian |
| Farm life -- Victoria -- Juvenile fiction |
| Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction |
| Farm life -- Victoria -- Juvenile literature |
| Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Juvenile literature |
| Farm life -- Australia -- Victoria |
| Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia |
| Australia -- History -- 1922-1945 -- Fiction |
| Australia -- History -- 1901-1922 -- Fiction |
| Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- History -- Fiction |
| Australia -- History -- 1922-1945 |
| Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, NSW) -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 1901-1922 -- Juvenile literature |
| Australia -- History -- 1922-1929 -- Juvenile literature |
| Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction |
| Australia -- History -- 1922-1945 -- Juvenile literature |
| Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney, N.S.W.) -- History |
| Australia -- History -- 1901-1922 |
| Australia -- History -- 1922-1929 |
| Genre |
Historical fiction |
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