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'When Ernie goes to live in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, the people, climate, plants and animals are all new to him. Here are his letters to Clive, Nicky, Rosie, Frank, Tessa and Celeste, describing the life he discovers with his new friends in their wild and beautiful land.
'Alison Lester visited Arnhem Land in 1996 and 1997 as a guest of the Gunbalanya Community School with her friend and fellow author Liz Honey. Together they worked with staff and students of the school to produce poems, plays, puppets and paintings. This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives, called We Love Gunbalanya . Arnhem Land is owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 50,000 years. There are many different tribes and language groups throughout Arnhem Land, but at Gunbalanya, where this book is set, the main language spoken is Kunwinjku. ' (Publication summary)
Notes
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This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.
Food depiction - Incidental
Food types - Bushtucker
Food practices - Food production
- Food preparation
Gender - Food production - male and female [boys and girls gathering/collecting bushtucker]
- Food preparation - female [outdoor fire]
Signage n/a Positive/negative value n/a Food as sense of place - Rural
Setting n/a Food as social cohesion n/a Food as cultural identity - White Australian characters
- Indigenous Australian characters
Food as character identity n/a Food as language n/a
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 June 2010; (p. 35) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001
2001
single work
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12) -
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 May vol. 97 no. 18 2001; (p. 1759)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book -
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , April vol. 47 no. 4 2001; (p. 115)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book -
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 42)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book
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[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 42)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book -
Picture Books
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2000; (p. 23)
— Review of Rain Dance 2000 single work picture book ; Over the Hill and Around the Bend with Granny and Bert (and Me) 2000 single work picture book ; Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book ; Anna the Goanna and Other Poems 2000 selected work poetry -
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , April vol. 47 no. 4 2001; (p. 115)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book -
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 May vol. 97 no. 18 2001; (p. 1759)
— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya 2000 single work picture book -
Food, Fantasy and Friendship
2000
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 6-8) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001
2001
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12) -
My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 June 2010; (p. 35)