Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the Southand Playing Beatie Bow, and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat, which also spawned a book series...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 August 1923
writing passion wanted
Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.
morning sea sky
In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.
smart cat should-have
"You know, Mouse," Tabby said, "a brilliant cat like me should have smart friends; people who can count to more than four." "I can count to more than four," answered Mouse, very offended. "And I can do hard sums, and I know geography and history, and I can knit and ..."