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Illustrated with photographs by the author.
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A translation of an Aboriginal tale by Raiwalla as told to Beulah Lowe.
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Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Visions and Values : The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children's Literature 2016; (p. 205-221)'The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) administers the oldest national prize for children’s literature in Australia. Each year, the CBCA confers “Book of the Year” awards to literature for young people in five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books. In recent years the Picture Book category has emerged as a highly visible space within which the CBCA can contest discourses of cultural marginalization which construct Australian (‘colonial’) literature as inferior or adjunct to the major Anglophone literary traditions, and children’s literature as lesser than its adult counterpart. The CBCA has moved from asserting its authority by withholding judgment in the award’s early years towards asserting expertise via overtly politicized selections in the twenty-first century. Reading across the CBCA’s selections of picture books allows for insights into wider trends in Australian children’s literature and culture, and suggests a conscious engagement with social as well as literary values on the part of the CBCA in the twenty-first century.'
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Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 48 1973; (p. 46)
— Review of Piccaninny Walkabout : A Story of Two Aboriginal Children 1957 single work picture book
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Untitled
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 48 1973; (p. 46)
— Review of Piccaninny Walkabout : A Story of Two Aboriginal Children 1957 single work picture book -
Visions and Values : The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Canon Constitution and Canon Change in Children's Literature 2016; (p. 205-221)'The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) administers the oldest national prize for children’s literature in Australia. Each year, the CBCA confers “Book of the Year” awards to literature for young people in five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books. In recent years the Picture Book category has emerged as a highly visible space within which the CBCA can contest discourses of cultural marginalization which construct Australian (‘colonial’) literature as inferior or adjunct to the major Anglophone literary traditions, and children’s literature as lesser than its adult counterpart. The CBCA has moved from asserting its authority by withholding judgment in the award’s early years towards asserting expertise via overtly politicized selections in the twenty-first century. Reading across the CBCA’s selections of picture books allows for insights into wider trends in Australian children’s literature and culture, and suggests a conscious engagement with social as well as literary values on the part of the CBCA in the twenty-first century.'
Awards
- Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,