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Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2021
21251495
2021
single work
picture book
children's
'Walk with us through one of the Top End's magnificent monsoon forests, in Kakadu National Park, learning about the plants, animals and Kundjeyhmi culture along the way.
'When we go walking, we never know how long we will be, what we will hear and what we will see.
'We pack our bags with food and water, a billy and some matches to light a fire.
'We head off into the shady monsoon forest on the edge of the billabong.
'Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler and Emma Long share their knowledge and love of the Top End in this enchanting and accessible book about one of Australia's most ancient and beautiful ecosystems.'
Source : publisher's blurb
- 2022 commended Whitley Awards — Cultural Zoology for Children
- 2022 highly commended Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary — Primary educational picture book
- 2022 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Karajia Award
- 2022 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
- 2022 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — CBCA Award for New Illustrator
- 2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Eve Pownall Award
- 2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Indigenous Children
- 2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Five to 8 Years
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Wan’kurra the Golden Bandicoot
Palmerston
:
Waterlily Publications
,
2012
7560240
2012
single work
picture book
children's
'Wan’kurra (Golden Bandicoot) are an animal that has disappeared from most of mainland Australia. Their last recorded sighting in the Northern Territory was in the 1950s. When hairs are discovered on Martjanba Island in scats of wild dogs, Aboriginal people of the Wessel Islands are asked about their knowledge of Wan’kurra and reveal the story.
'Can these small animals be brought back from the brink of extinction by translocating them to other islands?' (Publication summary)
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