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Waarda series for young readers: The Great Cold

by Gladys Milroy with illustrations by Sally Morgan & Tracey Gibbs edited by Sally Morgan

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Illustrator
Sally Morgan, Tracey Gibbs
About the Book

The great cold is coming. It’s tickling the toes of the animals and chasing the tail feathers of the birds. It’s creeping into their hideaway and making even the strongest shiver. Alone, the blind goanna and the flightless crow are weak, but when they work together the power of their friendship will save the day.

An exciting story told in the traditional style.

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 Gladys Milroy here
Watch the booktrailer created by Rosalie Primary School here

Categories
Fiction for Younger Readers, Indigenous Writing
Publication Year
2009
Edition
1st
Publisher
Fremantle Press in association with the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA
ISBN13
9781921361586
HB/PB
Paperback
Format
A Format (110 x 180mm)
Pages
48
Others in this Series
Sample Chapter
The Great Cold web.pdf
Teaching Notes
THE GREAT COLD TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf
Media
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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