Dr Donna Leslie

Briggs-Pattison, Sue, and Bev Harvey, I Listened and I Looked, 2017, (Australia: Scholastic). [32 pages, paperback, col. Ill.] [ISBN: 9781760158750] [ISBN-10: 1760158755];

 

“Dad and all the old people say there’s a Bunyip in the river-but I’ve never seen her. I’ve been looking for ages." Each month for a year a young girl checks the bend in the river. The seasons change, but there is no sign of the Bunyip-are her family ‘gammin’ her, or does the Bunyip really exist?

 

Briggs-Pattison, Sue, and Bev Harvey, A Mob of Kangaroos, 1998, (Australia: Scholastic). [15 pages + 2 worksheets, paperback, col. ill.] [ISBN: 1863889396];

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Briggs-Pattison, Sue, and Bev Harvey, Damper, 1998, (Australia: Scholastic); [15 pages + 2 worksheets, paperback, col. ill.] [ISBN: 1863889361];

 

These two children’s books are based on the lifestyle of the Yorta Yorta people of the Murray River, near Barmah. The stories give insight into the lifestyles and experiences of the Aboriginal children who grow up in this area. They are part of a reading discovery series for children.

 

Sheppard, Nancy, Alitji in Dreamland: Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurmankuntjala, 1992, (East Roseville, NSW: Simon and Schuster). [105 pages, hardback, col. ill.; 22 x 28cm, illustrated with 33 paintings.] [ISBN: 0731801989] [ISBN: 9780731801985].

 

This book is based on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the classic story first published in 1865, which, at the time of publication, had been translated and adapted into well over 100 languages throughout the world. This translation was adapted by Nancy Sheppard for Pitjantjatjara children and first published as a bilingual Pitjantjatjara and English edition in 1975. This is the second edition.