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'The students were given small blank "books" and invited to fill these books - using both picture and words - with a story based on their own lives. These stories could be true or fictional or a mixture of both. They could be dramatic, funny or simply about an activity they love.
'The thirteen stories included in this book tell tales of playing with friends, riding motorbikes, picking berries, hunting for emu eggs and wild pigs, terrifying turkeys and angry mamus.
'The ILF was set up to help get desperately needed books and literary resources into remote indigenous communities. But as this book so clearly shows, sharing stories is a two-way street.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Indigenous Literacy
BlackWords : Indigenous Literacy
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 9) The BlackWords Essays 2019;'While the education of all Australians should remain the role and goal of government, the grassroots, community work of the Australian book industry facilitated by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has created a model for what is possible in terms of increasing Indigenous reading rates through strategic, culturally appropriate and interesting approaches. This paper aims to give a brief history of the ILF with some statistics on Indigenous literacy and discusses some of the reasons literacy rates are so low in remote communities. It ends with testimonials from those benefiting from the work of the Foundation.'
Source: Author's introduction.
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 44)
— Review of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile : Stories by Children from Remote Indigenous Communities 2011 anthology children's fiction prose -
Kids' Stories in Print
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 512 2011; (p. 62)
— Review of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile : Stories by Children from Remote Indigenous Communities 2011 anthology children's fiction prose A book of 13 stories written by Aboriginal children from the remotest parts of Australian has gone into its second re-print, after its official launch on Indigenous Literacy Day last month. (Source: Koori Mail Ed. 512 Oct. 2011) -
Building a Strong Foundation
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 6 September 2011; (p. 38) -
A Pair Of Ragged Claws
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 September 2011; (p. 19) A column canvassing current literary news.
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Paperbark Writers' Stories from the Heart
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 August 2011; (p. 4)
— Review of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile : Stories by Children from Remote Indigenous Communities 2011 anthology children's fiction prose -
Kids' Stories in Print
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 19 October no. 512 2011; (p. 62)
— Review of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile : Stories by Children from Remote Indigenous Communities 2011 anthology children's fiction prose A book of 13 stories written by Aboriginal children from the remotest parts of Australian has gone into its second re-print, after its official launch on Indigenous Literacy Day last month. (Source: Koori Mail Ed. 512 Oct. 2011) -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 44)
— Review of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile : Stories by Children from Remote Indigenous Communities 2011 anthology children's fiction prose -
Writers Bring Nasty Crocs and Niceties
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 September 2011; (p. 22) -
Silly Stories with a Serious Message
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 5 September 2011; (p. 12) -
A Pair Of Ragged Claws
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 September 2011; (p. 19) A column canvassing current literary news. -
Building a Strong Foundation
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 6 September 2011; (p. 38) -
Indigenous Literacy
BlackWords : Indigenous Literacy
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 9) The BlackWords Essays 2019;'While the education of all Australians should remain the role and goal of government, the grassroots, community work of the Australian book industry facilitated by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has created a model for what is possible in terms of increasing Indigenous reading rates through strategic, culturally appropriate and interesting approaches. This paper aims to give a brief history of the ILF with some statistics on Indigenous literacy and discusses some of the reasons literacy rates are so low in remote communities. It ends with testimonials from those benefiting from the work of the Foundation.'
Source: Author's introduction.