Wongutha tales : Bawoo stories & Badudu stories / May L. O'Brien.
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TextLanguage: English, Australian languages Language: A12 Publisher: North Fremantle, Western Australia : Fremantle Press, 2024Copyright date: ©1994Description: 90 pages : maps ; 20 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760993412Subject(s): Animals -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile fiction | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Short stories. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: From traditional Indigenous teaching stories to stories based on the author's childhood at Mount Margaret Mission, Wongutha Tales is a collection bringing together May O'Brien's work for the first time. First published as individual titles in 1992, May O'Brien's stories were presenting traditional Indigenous stories in a bilingual text and giving a unique insight into learning English as a second language from a First Nations perspective. Classic tales such as How Crows Became Black and Why the Emu Can't Fly are still as fresh and appealing as ever for a new generation of junior readers.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 15/05/2024 | 31111089925497 |
Bawoo stories were originally published individually in 1992, and Badudu stories were originally published individually in 1994.
Includes May's pronunciation guide for Wongutha words.
Primary.
Includes words in the Wongutha.
From traditional Indigenous teaching stories to stories based on the author's childhood at Mount Margaret Mission, Wongutha Tales is a collection bringing together May O'Brien's work for the first time. First published as individual titles in 1992, May O'Brien's stories were presenting traditional Indigenous stories in a bilingual text and giving a unique insight into learning English as a second language from a First Nations perspective. Classic tales such as How Crows Became Black and Why the Emu Can't Fly are still as fresh and appealing as ever for a new generation of junior readers.
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