For Dreaming stories, this is the 'must have' book for every school in Australia.
These 52 pages of gorgeous stories are written in both English and Kukatja, the language spoken by the Balgo people of Western Australia, making this a book to educate and delight.
Stories include:
- The Roughtail Lizard Dreaming
- The Crow and the Eagle
- The Emu and the Turkey
- The Black Goanna
- The Witchetty Grub Man Dreaming
- Kalpartu the Dreamtime Snake
- How the Emu got Short Wings
- The Seven Sisters
This book also has detailed information about stories and kinship, notes on Kukatja, a Kukatja word list, notes about the authors and painting titles. It includes sketched pictures from each story, which could be photocopied for your own children to colour and compare to the beautiful artwork in the book. Notes next to each illustration, giving the artwork symbol definitions in written form, helps to educate about Aboriginal art symbols.
The perfect book for teaching and learning about Dreaming stories and Aboriginal art.
Suitable for ages 8 to 14.
