Wacky The Small Boy, Fred Schwed Jr, Illustrated by Gregor Duncan, 1945

This is the 1945 Australian edition. It has been Australianised - replacing baseball references with cricket, shillings for cents, aeroplane for airplane, centre for center, etc.

Sharks by Susan Harney

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Kids would totally be into this, but I can't imagine it being popular with their adults.