Super Snake / Gregg Dreise.
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TextSeries: Dreise, Gregg. Scales and tails ; Publisher: Broome, WA : Magabala Books, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922142955; 1922142956Subject(s): Snakes -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fiction | Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction | Rainbow serpent -- Juvenile fiction | Creation -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction | Darling River (Qld. and N.S.W.) -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Children's stories. | Picture books. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: A charming morality tale, this book tells the tale of the Rainbow Serpent and the creation of the Darling/Barka River. In the Dreamtime, the bush was in the middle of a drought. A storm came and Mundegutta Gooriya the Super Snake was created. Way back, before Once-upon-a-time there was the Dreamtime and the bush was in the middle of a drought. After a storm, one large rainbow curved down. The Super Snake slithered down that rainbow on to the earth and promised the Elders he could help them find water. That Super Snake called out, 'You can't have a rainbow without water.'Dhurraluwi guuma-li - Come together! Wantima - Rise up! Woorri - Share.' Like many, Gregg read The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey in primary school. He has always wanted to make a Rainbow Serpent book from his own Culture to highlight to people the diverse Countries and Cultures across Australia. Although people around the world may think of Aboriginal people as all being the same, there are hundreds of Countries on this continent.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor - Non junior picture books | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JK DRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 29/05/2024 | 31111089937807 |
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A charming morality tale, this book tells the tale of the Rainbow Serpent and the creation of the Darling/Barka River. In the Dreamtime, the bush was in the middle of a drought. A storm came and Mundegutta Gooriya the Super Snake was created. Way back, before Once-upon-a-time there was the Dreamtime and the bush was in the middle of a drought. After a storm, one large rainbow curved down. The Super Snake slithered down that rainbow on to the earth and promised the Elders he could help them find water. That Super Snake called out, 'You can't have a rainbow without water.'Dhurraluwi guuma-li - Come together! Wantima - Rise up! Woorri - Share.' Like many, Gregg read The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey in primary school. He has always wanted to make a Rainbow Serpent book from his own Culture to highlight to people the diverse Countries and Cultures across Australia. Although people around the world may think of Aboriginal people as all being the same, there are hundreds of Countries on this continent.
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