Author: | Kamsani Bin Salleh (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Series: | Young Art Ser. |
This delightful book for Early Childhood will mesmerise young children and older readers. The black linework and colourful wash backgrounds work beautifully with the lyrical text. Together they introduce extraordinary creatures and birds that we can discover and observe aro... read more
Author: | Joshua Button; Robyn Wells (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Board Books |
Series: | Young Art Ser. |
Age range 3 to 8 This delightful book for early childhood will enthrall young children and their older readers. The vibrant illustrations are accompanied by a soft lyrical text and together they introduce some of the diverse native and exotic animals to be found in Austr... read more
Author: | Beryl Webber; Fern Martins (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain. It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a country that is like n... read more
Author: | Katrina Germein; Bronwyn Bancroft (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Reading Level: | From 4 To 99 |
Everyone in the Australian Outback is waiting for the rain to fall. Old Stephen says that it will come.
Author: | Nina Lawrence; Bronwyn Bancroft (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Clever Crow is an endearing and witty tale that follows the exploits of a hungry and very clever crow. Crow searches in the bush for food but he can find none. It is only when he comes across people preparing for a ceremony that his luck changes. Crow spots a big turtle egg waiting t... read more
Author: | Paul Seden |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Age range 3 to 8
Crabbing with Dad is a beautiful childrenâ__s picture book debut from Darwin-based author and illustrator, Paul Seden. Aimed at a younger audience, children will love reading about the adventures of two small children as they go out in the bo... read more
Author: | Lorrae Coffin |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Age range 7 to 10Free Diving is a poignant tribute to the Indigenous men and women who worked in the pearling industry as `free divers' in the late nineteenth century in Western Australia.In a practice known as `blackbirding' (forced unpaid labour), European pearl lugger owners used Ind... read more
Author: | Paul Seden; Karen Briggs (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
Awards: | Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Early Childhood 2015. Shortlisted for Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration 2015. |
A lively and endearing story about a child in an Indigenous community getting ready to play his favourite game - footy!
Author: | Joy Murphy; Lisa Kennedy (Illustrator) |
Category: |
Indigenous |
This is an expansive and generous Welcome to Country from a most respected Elder, Aunty Joy Murphy, beautifully given form by Indigenous artist Lisa Kennedy.
Welcome to the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri People. We are part of this land and the land is part of us. T... read more
Author: | Jessie Wamarla Moora; Mary Purnjurr Vanbee; Chris Aitken; Alison Lester (Illustrator); Jessie Wamarla Moora and Mary Purnjurr Vanbee |
Category: |
Indigenous |
There are 14 songs in this fabulous book, ten in Walmajarri language and four in English, all beautifully illustrated by the kids from the Yakanarra Community School. These are songs about how the Walmajarri came to Yakanarra and their... read more