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My Little Barlaagany (Sunshine) – Melissa Greenwood
Harper Collins Australia May 2023 Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood has created another beautiful and stylish picture book to add to your collection of First Nations titles. This is a dreamy and gentle bedtime love story between mother and child, country and culture. With a text that is interspersed with words from her own traditional language,…
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My Dream Time – Ash Barty
Harper Collins Australia November 2022 Like many others, I am a huge admirer of Ash -though I am no fan of tennis per se. This vibrant young woman has completely captivated the nation with her unfailing professionalism, humility, grace and low-key humour. She has become a stand-out role model for our young people, not only…
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Our Dreaming – Kirli Saunders/Dub Leffler
SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD August 2022 ISBN 9781742995113 RRP $24.99 Photo Credit: The Children’s Bookshop Goodjagah, little one, walk with me … I want to tell you our Dreaming as the Elders told it to me. Award-winning storytellers, Gunai woman Kirli Saunders and Bigambul man Dub Leffler, explore a deep love and respect for Country…
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Guardians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 1- Jordan Gould/Richard Pritchard
Allen & Unwin May 2022 ISBN:9781761180033 Imprint: Albert Street Books RRP: $15.99 This is definitely something different and a series to be watched. These two creators have drawn their narrative from all quarters: speculative fiction in its broadest sense – fantasy, sci fi, larger than life events, incorporating adventure, humour, and drawing on First Australians…
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Ceremony: Welcome to Our Country – Adam Goodes & Ellie Laing. Illustrated by David Hardy.
Allen & Unwin April 2022 ISBN: 9781761065064 RRP: $24.99 Oh David Hardy, you have excelled yourself! I think we have all been eagerly anticipating the next title in this Welcome to Our Country series, the joyful introduction to First Nations history for younger readers, especially given the triumph of the first title Somebody’s Land. For…
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We Are Australians – Duncan Smith & Nicole Godwin/Jandamarra Cadd
My review of this truly superb new picture book is now live at Kids Book Review – please do yourself a favour and check it out, then rush out and buy it. It is truly amazeballs!
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Papa Mawal-mawalpa Tjuta – Johanna Bell-nga & Dion Beasley-nyu
Allen & Unwin August 2021 ISBN:9781760526696 Edition No: Pitjantjatjara Publisher: A&U Children’s Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $24.99 This is the beginning of the Pitjantjatjara version of 2016’s award-winning book Too Many Cheeky Dogs. Pitjantjatjara is a First Nations language widely spoken in central and southern Australia, It is long overdue that our children’s…
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Born to Run (picture book edition) – Cathy Freeman. Illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis.
Penguin Australia November 2021 ISBN: 9781761043802 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 There are some moments in Australia’s sporting history that are just complete standouts: Bradman’s first international century or, indeed, his final ‘duck’, Australia II crossing the finish line in the America’s Cup, Adam Scott’s US Masters playoff win or Cadel Evans’ triumph in the Tour de France, and…
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Today’s Sun – Gregg Dreise
Penguin Australia Published: 31 August 2021 ISBN: 9781760898335 Imprint: Picture Puffin RRP: $14.99 Gregg‘s name has been bandied around quite a bit in the past week in our library after I suggested engaging him for next year’s Book Week visiting author for our younger students. He is the most marvellously warm and engaging speaker who elicits such a fabulous…
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Heroes, Rebels and Innovators – Karen Wyld. Illustrated by Jaelyn Biumaiwai.
Hachette July 2021 ISBN: 9780734419835 RRP: $26.99 As NAIDOC 2021 draws to a close, this is such an important book to share with you, examining as it does the lives and incredible actions of seven inspirational First Australian heroes. Each of these amazing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander figures contributed in immensely important ways to…
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