The Timekeeper

Fantasy Children’s Books Young Adult

Emily Rodda’s 1992 first-edition fantasy The Timekeeper invites young readers—and nostalgic adults—into a pocket-sized adventure where every tick of the clock matters. This hardcover keeps the suspense tight across 184 illustrated pages, making it an ideal bedtime story or collector’s piece for Aussie children’s literature shelves.

The vintage Australian printing arrives intact: a bright, unmarked interior, no inscriptions, no dog-ears, and a sturdy binding that still feels reassuringly solid in hand. A colour-illustrated dust jacket shows only light shelf scuffs, so the artwork remains display-worthy on any shelf of Rodda rarities.

First editions of The Timekeeper in collectible condition are increasingly scarce, especially with the original jacket. Secure this charming time-slip tale for the middle-grade reader in your life—or tuck it into your own Rowan of Rin run of Rodda favourites—before the moment passes.