Djomi Dream Child
By (Author) Dephine Kendrick
By (author) Christopher Fry
Magabala Books
Magabala Books
1st April 2004
Australia
Primary and Secondary Educational
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Indigenous peoples
Childrens picture books
A823.4
Paperback
32
The little dream child placed herself in a giant coneshell and floated downstream towards the coast of Maningrida. As she was swept along, she sailed past the sacred dreaming waterhole called Djomi. It was in this sacred place where her destiny lay, where all her dreams would become reality.
Chris Fry lived his life ina remote town on the coast of central Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory. This is Chris Fry's second book. His first book, Nardika Learns to Make a Spear was published by Magabala Books in 2001. Delphine Sarago-Kendrick is a descendant of the Yidimji and Jirrbal people of far north Queensland. She has a Diploma in visual arts. Djomi Dream Child is the second book she has illustrated.