WRIGHTSON, Patricia - Down to Earth - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Book still in very good condition - Wrapper excellent - Did belong to a library before but survived surprisingly well - 1965 - First Edition - 192 pages - Unclipped illustrated jacket, in clear plastic sleeve, over blue cloth with white lettering to spine - Black and white illustrations by Margaret Horder - Binding remains firm.   >>>   A group of Sydney children encounters a strange boy, Martin, a space traveller who does not see life from the same persepctive as we do, and who requires a great deal of protection from some adults if he is to be able to return home safely before the next full moon.   (Goodreads)         >>>     Patricia Wrightson was one of Australia's most distinguished writers for children. Her books won many prestigious awards all over the world. She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in 1977, the Dromkeen Medal in 1984 and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986, all for her services to children's literature. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award: in 1956 for The Crooked Snake, in 1974 for The Nargun and the Stars, in 1978 for The Ice Is Coming and in 1984 for A Little Fear. Patricia lived and wrote in a beautiful stretch of the Australian bush beside the Clarence River in northern New South Wales.