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Bindi by Kirli Saunders; Dub Leffler (Illustrator)

$16.99 AUD

Category: Realistic Fiction

Winner of the Daisy Utemorrah Award Age range 8 to 12 New year new class new teachers      Mr Milburn      Mrs Szonyi (Zur-Knee) new shoes and shirts same old bottles green and gold... Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She's not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her absolute FAVOURITE thin g is adventuring outside with friends or her horse, Nell. A new year starts like normal — school, family, hockey, dancing. But this year hasn't gone to plan! There's a big art assignment, a drought, a broken wrist AND the biggest bushfires her town has ever seen! Bindi is a verse novel for mid-upper primary students. Written 'for those who plant trees', Bindi explores climate, bush fires, and healing. Written from the point of view of 11-year-old, Bindi and her friends on Gundungurra Country. ...Show more

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The Legend of the Seven Sisters: A Traditional Aboriginal Story from Western Australia by May L. O'Brien

$19.95 AUD

Category: Picture Books

As you look up into the sky at night, you can see many stars. The Wongutha people of the Eastern Goldfields area in Western Australia tell stories about the stars explaining how the stars came to be where they are. Some stars are grouped together and have special names. One of these groups of stars is c alled the Seven Sisters. The Sisters were beautiful women who used to visit the earth and wander the land. This is the story of why they appear in their position in the night sky. ...Show more

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Respect by Aunty Fay Muir; Sue Lawson; Lisa Kennedy (Illustrator)

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books | Series: Our Place Ser.

Our Way is old. Older than the red earth. Older than flickering stars. Our way is respect. A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves. Part of the Our Place series which welcomes children to culture.  'Dream team Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, who previously brought us the excellent Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander words and phrases, have collaborated with artist Lisa Kennedy to deliver this absolutely exquisite picture book.  In Respect, the first book in Magabala’s Our Place series — the aim of which is to welcome children to Aboriginal culture — Muir and Lawson’s sparse text is offset by Kennedy’s luminous images, which come alive on the page.' — Hannah Gardiner, Books+Publishing ...Show more

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Found (HB) by Bruce Pascoe; Charmaine Ledden-Lewis (Illustrator)

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books

This gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush is about a small calf who becomes separated from his family. The little calf is alone and simply wants his mother, sisters and brothers. He can see other animals, and after running to the river, manages to ask some horses if they are his family. The ca lf’s family have been taken away in the back of a noisy truck. So begins the little calf’s journey to find his family. In Found we share the calf’s point of view in an evocative story, accompanied by stunning illustrations. ...Show more

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Living on Stolen Land by Kwaymullina, Ambelin

$22.99 AUD

Category: Young Adult

You are on Indigenous lands, swimming in Indigenous waters, looking up at Indigenous skies. Living on Stolen Land is a verse-styled look at our colonial-settler ‘present’. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial contextual history of Australia, in a highly original way. It pulls apart the myths at the heart of our nationhood, and challenges Australia to come to terms with its own past and its place within and on ‘Indigenous Countries’. This title speaks to many First Nations’ truths — stolen lands, sovereignties, time, decolonisation, First Nations perspectives, systemic bias and other constructs that inform our present discussions and ever-expanding understanding. This title is a timely, thought-provoking and accessible read. ...Show more

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Took the Children Away by Archie Roach

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books

Archie Roach AM's deeply personal song, 'Took the Children Away', from his 1990 debut album, Charcoal Lane, was the first song ever to receive a prestigious Australian Human Rights Award. Its impact was immediate, shining a stark light on Australia's shameful past practices of removing children from the ir families. The song also speaks of love and reconnection and has travelled across seas into the hearts of First Nations communities everywhere. One dark day, when Archie was just two years old, big black government cars came to his home at Framlingham Aboriginal Mission in southwest Victoria. They forcibly took Archie away from his mother, father and family - everything he had ever known. They took away thousands of other Aboriginal children, right around Australia. Powerful people had decided that these children would be better off living and learning all the white man's ways. Frightened and alone, they grew up in institutions and foster homes. They became known as the Stolen Generations.  Ruby Hunter was one of those children, too, only eight when she was taken from the loving arms of her grandmother living on the Coorong in South Australia. Archie and Ruby met and fell in love as homeless teenagers and Archie started writing songs to help ease his pain. Archie's songs, loved by fans worldwide, tell a powerful story of survival and renewal, and the healing power of music.   In this special 30th anniversary edition, Archie's iconic lyrics sit alongside evocative illustrations by his beloved soulmate and musical collaborator, Ruby Hunter. Also included are Archie's recollections of his family and rare historical photographs. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this book contains images of people who are deceased or who may now be deceased.     ...Show more

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Aunty's Wedding by Miranda Tapsell; Joshua Tyler

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books

A Tiwi-Island girl prepares for Aunty's wedding with help from her maningawu in this vibrant picture book by the popular actor and writers of Top End Wedding and the highly acclaimed illustrator of Alfred's War.   Everyone on the island is getting ready for Aunty's wedding.Maningawu puts on her best hat and I can wear a wurrijinga in my hair. Lucky!We all dress up, but I still don't understand. Why do people have a wedding?A warm family story that celebrates love and culture from actor, activist, writer and Australian sweetheart, Miranda Tapsell, and Joshua Tyler, co-writer of Top End Wedding, lushly illustrated by Samantha Fry. ...Show more

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Family by Aunty Fay Muir; Jasmine Seymour (Illustrator); Sue Lawson

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books | Series: Our Place Ser.

Age range 3 to 9 Family is a thoughtful contemplation for all to learn the different ways that family makes us whole. This beautifully illustrated children’s picture book shows everyone that ‘family’ can be about heart and home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It  ‘learns’ us how to be with each othe r and with Country. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and this remarkably simple story teaches us all, that family can be many things. ...Show more

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Finding our Heart: A Book about the Uluru statement for Young Australians by Thomas Mayor

$24.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books

Author Thomas Mayor's journey around Australia with the Uluru Statement has been a moving experience. In particular, when he visited schools he was inspired by the children he spoke with. Unlike past generations, Australian children today are learning Indigenous languages, seasons and the truth of this country's history. Some children he met even knew more about the Australian Constitution than most adults do! The expression 'through a child's eyes' is put into practice in the pages of this picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds. Thomas hopes that by talking to the guardians of future Australian generations, perhaps we can all accept what First Nations have proposed in the words of the Uluru Statement:'When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.' The final pages offer children ideas on how they can accept the gift offered by the Uluru Statement, such as finding out who the Traditional Owners are of their home city or town, and trying some different local bushfoods With illustrations created by award-winning artist Blak Douglas, this is a timely children's book that complements Thomas's bestselling adult book Finding the Heart of the Nation.   ...Show more

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Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina; Ezekiel Kwaymullina

$19.99 AUD

Category: Young Adult

An extraordinary thriller, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family. Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowni ng in grief. Only a suspected murder, and a mystery to solve, might save them both. And they have a potential witness: Isobel Catching. Aboriginal by birth, like Beth, she seems lost and isolated in the world. But as the two get closer, Isobel's strange tale of glass-eyed monsters and stolen colours will intertwine with Beth's investigation - and reveal something dark and terrible at the heart of this Australian town . . .   ...Show more

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Savannah Dreams by Lolla Stewart; Elaine Russell (Illustrator)

$16.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books

From Monday to Saturday, Savannah and her familygo looking for bush tucker. The others all find fabulousfood, while Savannah only finds bits of junk. ButSavannah is imaginative, and creates a barramundisculpture out of the things she has collected. OnSunday, she catches a real live barramundi!

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My Country by Sally Morgan (Illustrator); Ezekiel Kwaymullina

$16.99 AUD

Category: Picture Books | Series: Indigenous childrens picture book shelf

Best-selling author and internationally renowned painter Sally Morgan teams up with Ezekiel Kwaymullina for a picture book celebrating country. A gorgeous new picture book in simple, lyrical prose and vibrant colour.

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