Waarda series for young readers: Barlay!

by Cheryl Kickett-Tucker with illustrations by Tracey Gibbs & Sally Morgan edited by Sally Morgan

Price $9.95

Illustrator

Tracey Gibbs, Sally Morgan

Editor

Sally Morgan

About the Book

Sometimes grown ups tell scary stories to teach kids a lesson. And sometimes those scary stories turn out to be true.

Sarah, Jay and Rene find out the hard way what sort of tale their nan’s woordatj story is when they wander off into the bush despite her warnings.

‘Strong storylines and unique cultural insights make these books successful additions to the ‘Waarda’ series’ — Junior Bookseller+Publisher

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.

Read an interview with the author

Categories

Indigenous Writing, Fiction for Younger Readers

Publication Year

2010

Edition

1

Publisher

Fremantle Press

ISBN13

9781921696114

HB/PB

Paperback

Format

A Format (181mm x 110mm)

Pages

48

Others in this Series

• Waarda Series for Young Readers: Bush Secrets 2009
• 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: The Magic Fair 2010
• Waarda series for young readers: Yippee! Summer Holidays 2012
• Waarda series for young readers: Emu and the Water Tree 2012

Teaching Notes

BARLAY TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf

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