How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails

Author: George Lirrmiyarri Mung Mung
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741699692
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This book is based on a story told by George Mung Mung Lirrmiyarri, of the Kija people, to Aboriginal people living in Warmun (Turkey Creek), Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their original paintings of the story. Hector Jandany and George Dingmarie of the Kija Language Group said, 'We have to keep this language which we got from our old people who have passed away. We don't want to lose it. The younger generation has to carry on the language that they learn from us.'

How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails

Author: George Lirrmiyarri Mung Mung
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780868963235
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
For children; Kija legend about the kangaroo, illustrated by children of the Warmum community.

How the Birds Got Their Colours

Author: Mary Albert
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9781741699678
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This book is based on a story told by Mary Albert, of the Bardi people, to Aboriginal children living in Broome, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of the story. Mary Albert said, 'Would you like to hear a story from long ago? My mother used to tell me lots of stories, but this story I loved the best, because I loved the birds.'

Meet a Baby Kangaroo

Author: Anna Leigh
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 1512455881
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
They hop, they have long tails, and as babies they're no bigger than a jelly bean! Learn about everything from where the kangaroo lives to what a group of kangaroos is called in this engaging book.

Dunbi the Owl

Author: Pamela Lofts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781865046266
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This book is based on a story told by Daisy Utemorrah of the Worora people to Aboriginal children living in Derby, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of her story. She said, "I used to live with my parents in a humpy house. My Grandmother, my aunties and even my Grandpa told me stories from the Dreamtime. I kept the stories till I was old enough to tell children. We want to share our stories with all children so they learn what Aborigines used to do."

How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails

Author: George Lirrmiyarri Mung Mung
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781863880435
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description

The Echidna and the Shade Tree

Author: Mona Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781865046228
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This book is based on a story told by Mona Green, of the Jaru people, to Aboriginal children living in Halls Creek, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from the children's original paintings of the story. Mona Green said, "When my husband was a stockman, we used to go out to Nongra Lake to see if the cattle had enough water. I had heard the story about this giant lake, and I think that from the air it would look like a tree with roots stretching out."

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo

Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618496419
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
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Jake's Bones

Author: Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
ISBN: 9781848988521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.

Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials

Author: Andrew Baker
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486305164
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502

Book Description
Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to the formidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare insight into the history and habits of these creatures – from their discovery by intrepid explorers and scientists to their unique life cycles and incredible ways of hunting prey. Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials provides a guide to the world’s 136 living species of carnivorous marsupials and is packed with never-before-seen photos. Biogeography, relationships and conservation are also covered in detail. Readers are taken on a journey through remote Australia, the Americas and dark, mysterious New Guinea – some of the last truly wild places on Earth. The book describes frenzied mating sessions, minuscule mammals that catch prey far larger than themselves, and extinct predators including marsupial lions, wolves and even sabre-toothed kangaroos.