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Badudu Stories: What Do You Say?
by May O'Brien with illustrations by Angela Leaney
Saying ‘Thank-you’ is not the Wongutha way, but when Buruwan wins a prize at school she must decide whether or not to live up to her teacher’s expectations of appropriate behaviourRead more »
Price $12.95
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Badudu Stories: Which Jack?
by May O'Brien with illustrations by Angela Leaney
Wanu arrives at the Mount Margaret Mission without knowing any English. So, when he’s asked to get a car jack for the local mechanic, he returns with something unexpected. This is a true story based on the personal experiences of May O’Brien and her memories of the misunderstandings that occurred when attempting to learn English as a second language.Read more »
Price $12.95
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Badudu Teaching Ideas
by May O'Brien
May L. O’Brien’s Badudu Stories focus on Aboriginal children learning English as a second language. The titles are; Which Jack?, What Do You Say?, Too Big For Your Boots and Smartie Pants. The Teaching Ideas provide a context and help interpret the stories and develop literacy skills. They raise awareness of difficulties with language and behaviour…Read more »
Free (Plus Postage)
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Being Whitefella
by Duncan Graham
‘I believe that an important way to promote understanding, probably the best way, is to encourage the telling of stories. In the case of many Aboriginal people the stories are of a recent history largely concerned with suffering, humiliation and disadvantage. Yet there are also stories of joy and hope…We non-indigenous Australians, we whitefellas…Read more »
Price $19.95
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Sort of a Place Like Home
by Susan Maushart
Set amongst the low scrub of the Mogumber sand plain north of Perth, the Moore River Native Settlement was, for thirty years, ‘sort of a place like home’ for thousands of Aboriginal people. Alternately sanctuary, work camp, orphanage, prison and rural idyll, the settlement was part of a bold social experiment by the Chief Protector of Aborigines A O…Read more »
Price $29.95
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Bawoo Teaching Ideas
by May O'Brien
These teaching ideas for May O’Brien’s Bawoo Stories are suitable for use in most middle and upper primary classes as an aid to interpreting the stories, develop understanding of aspects of Aboriginal culture, and improving literacy skills. The book contains teaching suggestions and activities specifically designed for each of the four stories and…Read more »
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My Place for Young Readers: Arthur Corunna's Story
by Sally Morgan
Sally Morgan’s My Place is an Australian classic. Since first publication in 1987, My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally’s rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best-loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written.
My Place…Read more »
Price $14.95
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My Place for Young Readers: Mother and Daughter
by Sally Morgan
Sally Morgan’s My Place is an Australian classic. Since first publication in 1987, My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally’s rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best-loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written.
My Place…Read more »
Price $14.95
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My Place for Young Readers: Sally's Story
by Sally Morgan
Sally Morgan’s My Place is an Australian classic. Since first publication in 1987, My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally’s rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best-loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written.
My Place…Read more »
Price $14.95
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My Place (pb)
by Sally Morgan
‘A book for everyone: a book with the form and texture of a novel and the complexity and pace of a mystery not solved until the final pages. It is wonderfully entertaining’ — New York Times Book Review
‘A triumphant story that makes you glad it’s been told.’ — Times on Sunday
In 1982, Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother’s birthplace…Read more »
Price $24.95
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