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Waarda series for young readers: Bush Secrets
by Tjalaminu Mia & Jessica Lister with illustrations by Sally Morgan & Tracey Gibbs edited by Sally Morgan
Price $9.95 
- Illustrator
- Sally Morgan, Tracey Gibbs
- About the Book
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Debbie has two special secrets, and she definitely doesn’t want to share them with her brother Billy. When her grandfather comes to visit though, Debbie knows she can trust him with her treasures. And Grandpa has another secret, just for her. It’s his special place and Debbie is charged with taking care of it, too.
A beautiful tale of family and passing on the knowledge needed to help protect our environment.
About the Waarda Series
Waarda, Nyungar for talking and sharing stories and information, is an exciting new Indigenous children’s series. Edited by Sally Morgan, the series is designed to support the literacy needs of Indigenous children in primary school by making available to them stories written by Indigenous authors. At the same time, it will introduce non-Indigenous children to the richness and depth of Indigenous storytelling. Above all, it is a collection of fun, interesting and diverse first chapter books for new readers.Watch an interview with the authors here
Watch the booktrailer created by Rosalie Primary School here - Categories
- Indigenous Writing, Fiction for Younger Readers
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Fremantle Press in association with The School of Indigenous Studies at UWA
- ISBN13
- 9781921361593
- HB/PB
- Paperback
- Format
- A Format (110 x 180mm)
- Pages
- 48
- Others in this Series
- Waarda series for young readers: The Great Cold 2009
- Waarda series for young readers: Beach Sports Car 2010
- Waarda series for young readers: Lilli and her Shadow 2010
- Waarda series for young readers: Barlay! 2010
- Waarda series for young readers: The Magic Fair 2010
- Waarda series for young readers: Yippee! Summer Holidays 2012
- Waarda series for young readers: Emu and the Water Tree 2012
- Waarda series for young readers: Lilli and Shadow in Trouble 2013
- Waarda series for young readers: A Cyclone is Coming! 2013
- Sample Chapter
- Bush Secrets web.pdf
- Teaching Notes
- BUSH SECRETS TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf
- Media
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From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things