Free Diving by Lorrae Coffin
$17.99 AUD
Category: Children
Age range 7 to 10Free Diving is a poignant tribute to the Indigenous men and women who worked in the pearling industry as `free divers' in the late nineteenth century in Western Australia.In a practice known as `blackbirding' (forced unpaid labour), European pearl lugger owners used Indigenous people to ...Show more
Dreamers by Ezekiel Kwaymullina; Sally Morgan (Illustrator)
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children
We are the dream and the dreamers - so begins this beautifully written story that celebrates the imagination of children at play. Complemented by Sally Morgan's rich and colourful illustrations, the book is full of movement. It lends itself to interactive reading aloud with play-acting or actions.
Baby Business by Jasmine Seymour
$27.99 AUD
Category: Children | Reading Level: New Illustrator
Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing -- it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and a des ...Show more
Counting Our Country by Jill Daniels
$13.99 AUD
Category: Children
Board book. Age range 0 to 3 Counting our Country in Arnhem Land Counting our Country is a bilingual counting book from Jill Daniels, an Indigenous artist who lives in SE Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Jill's paintings of animals found on her country celebrate her distinctive style and playful ...Show more
Open Your Heart to Country by Jasmine Seymour
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children
Age range 4+ ‘Welcome home lost children To land singing you back home Listen to its language Learn how to speak its song’ From the award-winning creator of Baby Business (2019) and Cooee Mittigar (2019) comes a stunning bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in English and Darug, 'Open Yo ...Show more
Mooie's Stories Malamiyayu gurang, in the Dreamtime by ‘BurWhela’ Ros Kneebone-Dodson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children
Age range 5 to 10. Dja Dja Wurrung Ancestors’ stories as told to me by my mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother and my great-great-grandmother before her. How did Wabbee, the freshwater crayfish, get its bright red spots? Why does Wehla, the ringtail possum, have a curly tail? How were Waripi Yal ...Show more
Winthali by Joe Ross, Stacey Bush
$26.99 AUD
Category: Children
Winthali is a traditional Bunuba story, adapted here by Joe Willigan Ross and Stacey Bush. Greedy Old Man Crocodile (Lallanggarra) won't share his fire with the Bunuba people, but Brown Falcon (Girrganyi), with the help of the young animals comes up with a clever plan to take a fire-stick from his home ...Show more
Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children | Series: Black Cockatoo Ser.
Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerles ...Show more
Growing up Wiradjuri by Heiss, Anita
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children
'These stories form part of our collective history, the way we speak of and live culture still today, and the importance of passing on such stories to younger generations.' — Dr. Anita Heiss, Ed.Growing up Wiradjuri is a collection of personal stories by Wiradjuri Elders. The writers are Uncles and Aunt ...Show more
My Little Barlaagany (Sunshine) by Melissa Greenwood
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children
A soothing bedtime story from mum to baby As the sun shines throughout the day, it warms your cheeks while we play. As the sun sets in the evening sky,say, 'Yaarri Yarraang, goodbye.' This gentle bedtime story follows the journey a mother and child take across a day and into the Dreamtime - finding sp ...Show more
Albert Namatjira by Vincent Namatjira
$27.99 AUD
Category: Children
Vincent Namatjira tells the life story of his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, one of Australia's most iconic artists. Vincent's witty and moving paintings are accompanied by evocative text, which records the pivotal moments in Albert's life. In telling his great-grandfather's story, Vincent builds ...Show more
Common Wealth by Gregg Dreise
$26.99 AUD
Category: Children
All that I’m wishing, Is that you take a moment to listen... A slam poetry persuasive and powerful vision of unity from award-winning First Nations creator Gregg Dreise. Passionate, yet peaceful, Common Wealth is a compelling plea for a future of truth, togetherness and respect for our nation’s deep his ...Show more