No Way Kirrikipayi!
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780992478070
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Wiradjuri Country
Author: Larry Brandy
Publisher:
Published: 2021-11
Total Pages: 91
ISBN-13: 9780642279866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wiradjuri are the people of the three bila (rivers) and their nguram-bang (Country) is the second largest in Australia. Come with Uncle Larry Brandy on an enlightening journey through his Country's rivers, woodlands, grasslands and rocky outcrops, as well as the murri-yang (sky world).This is a unique book combining language, culture, Indigenous history and storytelling, written by a Wiradjuri author.
Mad Magpie
Author: Gregg Dreise
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2016-05-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1925360083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAge range 3 to 6 Mad Magpie is the third book in this successful series of morality tales from Gregg Dreise. Inspired by wise sayings and the knowledge of his Elders, Mad Magpie tells the story of Guluu, an angry magpie who is being teased by a gang of butcher birds. The more he is teased, the angrier he becomes. When Guluu seeks advice, his Elders tell him to stay calm like the river, ignore the butcher birds and to be strong on the inside. Guluu tries this, but the cheeky birds just laugh at him. One day, when Guluu is at the river looking for worms, the butcher birds arrive and steal his food. He remembers the words of his Elders and he tries again – and this time Guluu has a different outcome. He stands proudly at the riverbank and remembers how he used to sing when he was having a bad day. Guluu sings so loud he cannot hear the birds laughing at him and they eventually give up and fly away. From that time on, the animals learnt to use music to create a happy mood and they worked together to stop bullying.
Young Dark Emu
Author: Bruce Pascoe
Publisher: Magabala Books
Published: 2019-06-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 1925768821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*Longlisted for the CBCA 2020 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books* *Winner of the Booksellers' Choice 2020 Children's Book of the Year Award* *Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature* *Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)* *Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Children's* Age range 10+. The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe’s multi award-winning book. Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived — a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu — A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia’s history pre-European colonisation. 'Adapted for a younger readership from Pascoe's best-selling Dark Emu, this exquisitely illustrated picture book will transform how we see Australian history. Bruce uses the diaries of early explorers and colonists to show us the Australia where Aboriginal people built houses, dams and wells and farmed the land.' — Fiona Stager, The Courier Mail
Big Rain Coming
Author: Katrina Germein
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780143500452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in the community builds as the rain clouds thicken and grow dark. Everybody waits. When will the rain come?
Magic Beach
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1741757258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 'big-book' edition of Alison Lester's all-time favourite Australian beach book, perfect for library and classroom storytimes.
Molly the Pig (Moli Det Bigibigi)
Author: Karen Manbullo
Publisher:
Published: 2018-08-14
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780648260424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in Kriol and English, this is the story of Molly, a little pig who is rescued from the bush. She's taken back to the community where she finds a happy home. Happy, that is, apart from the local dogs who keep chasing and frightening her.Moli is greatly loved in her community, but what she loves most is Weet Bix. She loves it so much that it's not too long before little Moli is a very big pig indeed. So big, she now chases and frightens the local dogs. All in good fun, of course.The illustrations are an absolute delight, and watching Molly grow and grow and grow will bring a smile to readers' faces and outright laughter at the end.
Johnno
Author: David Malouf
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Published: 2015-11-23
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 0702258032
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the ugliest place in the world, I had the feeling as I walked across deserted intersections, past empty parks with their tropical trees all spiked and sharp-edged in the early sunlight, that it might even be beautiful ... " Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of his home town or destroy the tranquillity of a Greek landscape. An affectionately outrageous portrait, David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas.
Loongie the Greedy Crocodile
Author: Lucy Dann
Publisher:
Published: 2010-02-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781921248542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A morality tale for young children where Loongie finds out the hard way that being greedy can have dire consequences."--Provided by publisher.
My Farm
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1999-03-29
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780395977217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn affectionate and funny recollection of a memorable year on an Australian farm. This unusual picture book gives a vivid glimpse of life on the land.
