A Book for Kids
Comic verse and stories for children: the Triantiwontigongolope, bush animals and nonsense rhymes. Text only.
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- In Australia
C. J. Dennis (author) died in 1938. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1988. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.
- In the United States
First published in 1921. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.
- Our text
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Derived from the volunteer transcription published as Project Gutenberg eBook #16251 (public domain in the US). We removed that project's header, footer, licence and trademark text, producer notes and all images, then re-packaged the text. This edition is not affiliated with or endorsed by that project. Our thanks to its volunteers.
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- Rights record
rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: C. J. Dennis (Wikidata, ADB, catalogue). First publication: reference.
