From the dust jacket:

"This modern Australian fairy tale features Australian folk heroes alongside the witches, giants and princesses of tradition. Daily trips to sweep the moon clean of Russian and American cameras and mechanical shovels seem quite normal when the method of transport is the age-old witch's broomstick. The boy hero Peter's allies include a kangaroo with a bottomless pouch and an intriguingly up-to-date Willy Willy Man who has starting trouble because he runs on a 2-stroke.

Whispering in the Wind is a tale with as wide an appeal as Wind in the Willows. Full of courage, kindess and humour the exciting enchanting characters will enthrall all ages while the allegory interests and enlightens adults."