The Bawoo Stories: How Crows Became Black, Why The Emu Can't Fly,
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Bawoo Stories: How Crows Became Black, Why The Emu Can't Fly,
By (Author) May O'Brien
Fremantle Press
Fremantle Press
7th April 2008
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
899
Physical Properties
Paperback
128
Width 201mm, Height 211mm, Spine 8mm
436g
Description
Four wonderful traditional teaching stories of the Wongutha people are collected together here for the first time- Barn Barn Barlala The Kangaroos Who Wanted to be People How Crows Became Black Why the Emu Can't Fly First published as individual titles in 1992, these stories were seen as ground-breaking publications, presenting traditional Indigenous stories in a bi-lingual text. Sales of the individual titles now exceed 26,000 copies each. Updated with a vibrant new design, the stories are still as fresh and appealing as ever. The collected work contains a map, explanatory note and a simple pronunciation guide for the Wongutha words used in the text.
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