The following is a complete list of books and other writings by Colin Thiele, the prolific Australian children's writer.
Labourers in the Vineyard, 1970The Seeds' Inheritance, 1986The Ghost of Gartenschmuck, from A Handful of Ghosts: Thirteen Eerie Tales by Australian authors; collected by Barbara Ker Wilson. 1976Australian Poets Speak; Edited by Colin Thiele and Ian Mudie. 1961Beginners, Please! One-Act Plays for Schools; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1964Blue Fin, Educational Companion. 1978The Book and the Media, 1976Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1963Handbook to Favourite Australian Stories; Compiled by Colin Thiele. 1964The Living Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 2; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970Looking at Poetry; Edited by Colin Thiele. 1960One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 3; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson.Plays for Young Players; Compiled by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1970Setting the Stage: One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools: Book 1; Edited by Colin Thiele and Greg Branson. 1969The State of our State: Peeping At South Australia, Adelaide, 1952Storm Boy, Educational Companion. 1976Articles and Miscellanea
The articles here are writings with portions, though not the entire work necessarily, attributed to Colin Thiele.
Kapunda MemoriesHearts & Minds: Creative Australians and the Environment, with M Pollak and M MacNabb., 2000D.B. Kerr and P.G. Pfeiffer's, Lost Angry Penguins, 2000ReSearch98: Spotlight On Research In Education, 1998Believe In Yourself: Who'd Want To Be A Writer?, 1996Big Rig, in Big Rig and Other Poems, 1995A Special Place In A Writer's World, 1992Meet Colin Thiele, 1992Dragnet, in After Dark: Seven Tales To Read At Night, 1992Happy Birthday Rippa, 1991Hi, I've Got Brown Eyes, from Classroom: The Magazine For Teachers, 1990The Kindest Cut: Arthritis Snd Surgery, 1990Behind Books, from The Spirit Of Place, 1990Change and Short Change, 1990The Candle and the Star, 1988Foreword in Peter Killey's, My Word - My World, 1986Society Expects Too Much Of Education, David Tonkin interviews Colin Thiele. 1985A Child's Christmas, from SAM: South Australian Magazine. 1983Inside story: Profiles in children's literature, 1983Contributions to, Unlimited Scope, 1983Foreword in, An Australian Bush Who's Who: Verses and Illustrations, 1983Colin Thiele Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., September 1982Origins and Odysseys: Writers' Childhood Influences, July 1982The Part-time Writer: The Agony and the Ecstasy, May 1980Childhood and Change, November 1980Sunrise and Starshine: A Boyhood Revisited, in The Early Dreaming: Australian Children's Authors on Childhood, 1980Foreword from, South Australian Parks and Conservation, November 1979The Bathers Opinion: The Journal of S.A.E.T.A., March 1979A World of Living Books, 1978Foreword from, Our magazine: The Writers Club of the Helping Hand, 1977Shall we make a film of your book?, 1976Roll on Port Lincoln, 1973The Dragon's Rampage, from The Too-Many Professors and Other Stories, 1973A Farewell to Wattle Park, 1972The Quality of Experience, May 1972Things Books Grow From, or Why Books Germinate, and How They Are Affected By The Climate and The Gardner, August 1970The Educator at the Party, November 1969No Man Bathes Twice In The Same River, August 1968Grass Roots and Far Horizons, 1967Four poems, for ASEA Bulletin, October 1967WinteringEclipseRadiation VictimShall Such A LoveCreative English in Primary Schools, November 1967Storm Boy from Woman's Day, March 1965Lady Franklin in South Australia Tradition, April 1964Lutheran Landing, Port Misery, 1838, November 1963Flying the Bight, November 1962Dark Room, November 1962School Hymn, for Seacombe High School, 1962The Secondary School Teacher, May 1958Two Homecomers, November 1943