When a young woman is captured and brought under the spell of the feared Bunyip, one brave hunter sets out to save her. And while his bravery is finally rewarded, it is thought the Bunyip still looks down on people today to bring them under its spell.
The bunyip is an Aboriginal Australian mythical being, equivalent to the devil. In this short story, the bunyip is an all-knowing being. The bunyip uses knowledge to create dependence from human beings. The knowledge that human beings access is used to benefit themselves over other humans. The objective of the bunyip is to rule the world. This short story explores how the bunyip would do this. The bunyip will become the all-seeing eye.
This Australian adventure tells the story of how the Brave Seven set off to save Rainbow from Shadow and Dark Cloud. The Shadow manages to take the Didgeridoo and hides in Bunyip Mountain. The Brave Seven give chase but, the angry Bunyip lives on the mountain. Can the Brave Seven get past the angry Bunyip?... Can they get the Didgeridoo back from Shadow?
Robert Holden enters the bunyips lair to reveal the fascinating literature, folklore and superstitions that have immortalised Australia's most enigmatic creature. Bunyips includes extracts from Australian stories about bunyips, featuring work by Edel Wignell, Rosa Campbell Praed, Catherine Stow, Dal Stivens and others.
Keegan, Terri and Tosh discover that the use of the Dragon’s Heart Amulet has had some interesting side effects. They set out to unearth the truth about the amulet, its history, its power and how best to destroy it. Their adventure takes them in search of the mythical bunyip, a journey fraught with danger and deception. And they find themselves wrapped up in a mystery spanning thousands of years, as they travel to outback Australia, South America and coldest Siberia...until finally they are delivered into the lion’s den.
A magic pudding who changes from steak and kidney to jam roll and apple dumpling in seconds. A walking, talking dessert that never runs out of pleasing things to eat. A koala bear, named Bunyip Bluegum, A sailor named Bill Barnacle, and Sam Sawnoff the penguin have a wonderful hilarious magical adventure defending the Pudding against thieves who want it for themselves.
The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied
ABC Bunyip is a misfit monster with a big problem. His home in Outback Australia in the Big Black Boogie Swamp is special. He needs to find a way to save its' animals and environment from Farmer Joe's ghastly new mining plans. What will he do? Can his new best friends, Archie the dotty Dalmatian dog and Raymond the little black pig, help him save the day?ABC Bunyip Colour and Read Book 1 is the companion book to ABC Bunyip Saves the Big Black Boogie Swamp. It is a laugh-out-loud, funny book for kids with interesting lessons about Australian culture, problem solving, making friends and the value of the natural environment. The reader gets to colour in the brilliant illustrations. This book is fabulous fun for beginner and reluctant readers and makes the perfect bedtime story for kids of any age.
They have magical, rhythmic, rhyming text so students will want to read and re-read them over and over. For teachers, a different teaching focus is suggested for each day: - Day 1: Comprehension - Day 2: Vocabulary - Day 3: Flow/Phrasing/Fluency - Day 4: Phonic Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness - Day 5: Oral, Written and Visual Language The FOCUS PANEL provides prompts to support each focus. 1 copy of 1 Big Book.