Looking After Country with Fire: Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With Uncle Kuu by Victor Steffensen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Looking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country. Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. ...Show more
Gurawul the Whale An ancient story for our time by Max Dulumunmun Harrison
$35.00 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
‘When I was 10 years old, I was given Gurawul’s story by my grandfather Muns…in the dirt…they made me promise to go to the southern land and search for the whale dreaming. I had no idea what it meant or that it would take me 70 years to keep it.’ — Uncle Max HarrisonMore than 70 years ago, the ancient l ...Show more
Little Bird's Day by Sally Morgan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
A simple, universal story of a day in the life of Little Bird as she sings the world alive, flies with Cloud, travels with Wind, nestles with Moon and dreams of flying among the stars. Sally’s beautiful words and Johnny’s sensitive artwork combine to make this a beautiful, distinctive publication with g ...Show more
Songlines: First Knowledges for younger readers by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal people knew how to do all these things - and much, much mor ...Show more
Owl and Star by Helen Milroy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
From the author of the Backyard series, Helen Milroy's latest picture book invites readers to realise the magic of the stars.Owl loved the sparkle of the stars. He would sit out on his tree at dusk and wait for them to appear.One evening, Owl became worried. His favourite little star had not shown herse ...Show more
Thank You Rain! by Sally Morgan
$27.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Another simple, universal story from Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr, this time, a beautifully illustrated celebration of rain. Thank you rain! is a joyful read, and is full of the plants and animals that welcome rain: raindrops in the treetops; birds singing in the rain; raindrops wetting th ...Show more
Family by Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books | Series: Our Place Ser.
Age range 3 to 9 Family is a thoughtful contemplation for all to learn the different ways that family makes us whole. This beautifully illustrated children’s picture book shows everyone that ‘family’ can be about heart and home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It ‘learns’ us how to be with each othe ...Show more
Bidhi Galing: Big Rain by Anita Heiss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued from the raging floodwaters by her father. Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening ...Show more
Tjitji Lullaby by Michael Ross, Zaachariaha Fielding
$19.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Tjitji is a very special lullaby, showcasing our our rich and diverse animals and land, helping families transition to quiet time and bedtime Tjitji - sleep is a present from a day that was gorgeous. Tjitji, meaning child in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara languages, is a beloved ABC Kids lull ...Show more
Day Break by Amy McQuire
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Day Break is the story of a family making their way back to Country on January 26. We see the strength they draw from being together, and from sharing stories as they move through a shifting landscape. The story refocuses the narratives around ‘Australia Day’ on Indigenous survival and resistance, and i ...Show more
Joey Counts to Ten by MORGAN , SALLY
$14.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Watch, look, listen, and count This tale's bright, colorful illustrations will enchant children as they find and learn Australian animals, and follow the mood of the weather as the story leads Joey from dawn to starlit night. More than just a counting book, this picture book can be used to discuss such ...Show more
Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germein
$16.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Aust. Picture Books
Everyone in the Australian Outback is waiting for the rain to fall. Old Stephen says that it will come.