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Nadia Wheatley - Playground: Listening to Stories from Country and from Inside the Heart - 9781742370972 - V9781742370972
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Playground: Listening to Stories from Country and from Inside the Heart

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Description for Playground: Listening to Stories from Country and from Inside the Heart Hardback. With stunning photographs and illustrations, this book is a fascinating insight, from earliest times to today, into the experiences of Indigenous children, whose land was, and is, their playground. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ken. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YNA; YNM; YQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 289 x 12. Weight in Grams: 740. 96 pages, illustrations. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ken. With stunning photographs and illustrations, this book is a fascinating insight, from earliest times to today, into the experiences of Indigenous children, whose land was, and is, their playground. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: YNA; YNM; YQH. Dimension: 249 x 289 x 12. Weight: 740.
We use the bush as our school and as our playground, says one of the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose voices combine in this anthology of true stories about childhood, compiled from a wide range of memoirs and oral histories.Alongside reminiscences of getting bush tucker, going fishing and taking part in ceremony, there are descriptions of playing games, building cubbies and having fun. The warmth of home, the love of family and the strength of community shine through every story. Freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility, while respect and sharing are constant themes.The eighty Elders - ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9781742370972
SKU
V9781742370972
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Nadia Wheatley
NADIA WHEATLEY, the compiler of Playground, is an award-winning author and historian whose books over some thirty years reflect a commitment to issues of Reconciliation, social justice and the conservation of the environment.Together with KEN SEARLE, the book's illustrator and designer, Nadia worked as a consultant at Papunya School (Northern Territory) during the late 1990s, when the school was developing ... Read more

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