told"; "an excellent picture of the old and the new in New Guinea". One reviewer thought that, "[a]lthough .. a sympathetic interpretation of a small boy's problems and aspirations, at times the theme seems contrived for a didactic purpose." Another said, "a good story ... [its] primary importance is that through such stories young readers can come to understand certain common conflicts which exist in all cultures and that it is the lot of the young to know change [and] to adjust to it." MacIntyre's other novels were The Purple Mouse (1975), It looks different when you get there (1978), and A wonderful way to learn the language (1982). The Purple Mouse features a girl called Hatty, who, like MacIntyre herself, is deaf. Reviews were mixed. School Library Journal wrote "This treatment of hearing impairment shows that, given enough clichés, any problem can be solved", and suggested other novels which offered "believable characters, credible plots, and honest representations of the implications of this handicap." Another reviewer thought Hatty showed "a good deal of sensitivity and intelligence", and considered the book "particularly appropriate for adolescents who ... see themselves as misfits." The main character of It looks different when you get there is a student who becomes pregnant, leaves university to have the baby, and moves around trying to find a place where she belongs. One reviewer thought that "though the ending is rather facile there are some well-observed glimpses of people and different life-styles." Ninji's Magic and It looks different when you get there were translated into Japanese; Ninji's Magic was also translated into German. Other work MacIntyre also wrote radio serials and contributed articles about her travels, craft ideas, etc., to publications such as The Bulletin and the Australian Women's Weekly. MacIntyre had started drafting designs for toys before the publication of her first book. She made several attempts to sell her toys. In 1941, she held an exhibition at the Macquarie Galleries in Sydney of wheeled toys, painted toys made of wood, felt and fluffy dusters, and painted nursery plaques and pictures. She made many toy animals, including Ambrose Kangaroo, and other Australian animals such as emu and platypus, non-native animals including a giraffe and horses, as well as soldiers and a street cart. In the late 1960s, MacIntyre made models of Australian fauna as ornaments, starting with plastic-coated wire covered with fabric, and then, recognising a need