TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marshall,James Vance
AU  - Jones,Francis Firebrace
TI  - Stories from the Billabong
SN  - 9781845077044 (hbk.)
U1  - 398.20899915 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Frances Lincoln Children's
KW  - Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
KW  - Legends
KW  - Australia
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - Folklore
N2  - MYTH & LEGEND TOLD AS FICTION. AUSTRALIAN. Traditional Aboriginal legends from top Aboriginal artist and Australian writer. From the author of "Walkabout" comes ten of Australia's ancient Aboriginal legends, authentically and elegantly retold. Here you can discover how Great Mother Snake populated the world with plants and creatures, what makes Frogs croak, why Kangaroo has a pouch, and just what it is that makes Platypus so special. The illustrations are by the Aboriginal artist and storyteller Francis Firebrace, whose distinctive, colourful work is known throughout Australia and beyond
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