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y separately published work icon Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong single work   picture book   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong
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'Set in the tropical waters of the Torres Strait, Dabu Grows Up tells what happens to Dabu, a young dugong, after his mother is taken by hunters. Dabu learns about life, respect of the natural world, loneliness and friendship as he explores a tropical reef, finally deciding that to survive he must return to his herd.' Book Jacket.

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  • Sequel to Dabu the Baby Dugong.

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y separately published work icon Dabu, the Baby Dugong Dabu, Kazi Dhangal Selena Solomon , Dennis Nona (illustrator), Ephraim Bani (translator), Western Australia : Magabala Books , 1992 Z838179 1992 single work picture book children's 'From the Torres Strait comes this moving story about Dabu, a shy baby dugong, and his family, the great dugong herd, as they face the dangers of sea life and the traditional hunters that roam their feeding grounds.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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Untitled Heather Henderson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 47 no. 1 2003; (p. 30)
— Review of Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong Selena Solomon , 2002 single work picture book
Untitled Russ Merrin , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 17 no. 5 2002; (p. 29)
— Review of Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong Selena Solomon , 2002 single work picture book
Untitled Heather Henderson , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 47 no. 1 2003; (p. 30)
— Review of Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong Selena Solomon , 2002 single work picture book
Untitled Russ Merrin , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 17 no. 5 2002; (p. 29)
— Review of Dabu Grows Up : The Tale of a Dugong Selena Solomon , 2002 single work picture book
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