Stories from the Billabong
Stories from the Billabong

Author: James Vance Marshall

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Published: 2010-08-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781847801241

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From the author of Walkabout come ten of Australia's ancient aboriginal legends, authentically and elegantly retold. Here you can discover how Great Mother Snake created and peopled the world with plants and creatures, what makes Frogs croak, why Kangaroo has a pouch, and just what it is that makes Platypus so special. The illustrations are by the aboriginal artist and storyteller Francis Firebrace, whose distinctive, colourful work is known throughout Australia and beyond.

By the Billabong
By the Billabong

Author: Maura Finn

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9781922626615

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A wisdom of wombats,A passel of possums,A cluster of spiders knitting socks . . .Who else might you meet on a trip to the billabong?Find out in this delightful romp through a much-loved Australian landscape.

Splosh for the Billabong
Splosh for the Billabong

Author: Ros Moriarty

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1925267652

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A lyrical book which revels in all things swirly and squelchy, and explores northern Australian animals and landscapes as well as Indigenous art. Splosh for the billabong at shady bend of river. Brush for the flowers that burst in summer heat. A glorious celebration of country, animals and painting, illustrated by Balarinji, Australia's leading Indigenous design studio. Ros Moriarty, author of the acclaimed memoir Listening to Country, is also the founder of Indi Kindi early literacy education.

Billabong Riders
Billabong Riders

Author: Mary Grant Bruce

Publisher: Rare Treasure Editions

Published: 2021-11-06T19:17:00Z

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1774643383

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In this adventure, the Billabong folk ride in wild country, droving cattle overland from the North. This is a story of good horses and dogs, their owners; and of a boy who found among them a new chance in life...

Camping by a Billabong
Camping by a Billabong

Author: Robert French

Publisher: Black Wattle Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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Drawing from a wide variety of sources Camping by a Billabong brings to life the ancestors of today's gay men and lesbians.

Walkabout
Walkabout

Author: James Vance Marshall

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2009-04-02

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0141957816

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Walkabout is a survival story for children written by James Vance Marshall. Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian outback. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a tragedy that neither Mary nor Peter will ever forget . . . Reissued in the 'A Puffin Book' series of Puffin modern classics for children, Walkabout has been continuously in print since its first publication over 50 years ago.

Wombat Stew
Wombat Stew

Author: Marcia Kay Vaughan

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781761290688

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One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat... and decided to make... Wombat stew, Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew! In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals have a plan to save their friend. They trick the dingo into using mud, feathers, flies, bugs and gumnuts in his stew, and the result is something the dingo will never forget!

Bunyip in the Billibong
Bunyip in the Billibong

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781741696066

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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.