Tracking and hunting eland
James, Margaret, 1953-2020
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San men and women are busy with their chores in a Southern African village when a hunter arrives asking the men to help him to track and hunt an Eland bull, whose tracks he has seen in the desert sands. Excited that a big Eland will provide enough meat to feed the village, and skin to make clothes, they quickly gather their hunting implements, and quietly head into the bush.
Main title:
Tracking and hunting eland / Margaret James & Geoff Higgs ; illustrated by Geoff Higgs.
Author:
James, Margaret, 1953-, authorHiggs, Geoff, author, illustratorAustralia. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, funding body
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Wooli, New South Wales : Honey Ant Readers, 2020.©2018.
Collation:
28 pages : colour illustrations, 1 colour map ; 21 x 30 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This story has been included, set in Southern Africa, because the young Australian people expressed a strong interest in the hunting practices of Indigenous people in other parts of the world. Many of them had seen the film, The Gods Must be Crazy, and this triggered their interest in the traditional hunting methods of the San people.The San are the original Indigenous people of South Africa. Their ancient culture and languages are still strong in rural and remote areas. They are members of various Khoisan-speaking nations and they speak languages which are phonetically very complex, known for their large number of different clicks. There is significant linguistic difference bewteen the language of the San groups and other languages spoken in Southern Africa. This series of stories relate to traditional Indigenous cultural food-gathering practices: fishing for barramundi; tracking and hunting for emus, perenties, kangaroos, echidnas and goannas; and digging for witchetty grubs and honey ants"Dedicated to Carmen, Nichola, Debbie and the artistic, creative, fun-loving and humorous Geoff Higgs, whose knowledge of hunters and the hunted made this book possible. He touched so many lives in a positive way. Rest in peace, Geoff."Aboriginal English and the Western Arrarnta name for an emu, ilia, are included in the dialogue in this book to keep the characters authentic, and to draw attention to the many ancient languages still spoken in Central Australia. Colloquial Standard English is used in the narrative to make it accessible to readers who speak English as an additional language. Join Reading Tracks® on a cultural journey through the beautiful landscapes of the Australian central deserts and the northern rivers, oceans and islands.Assisted by funding from: Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.Includes bibliographical references (page 27)
Audience:
Upper primary
ISBN:
9781925002959 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
395471
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Junior Fiction - Graded Readers | READIN BLUE | Available |
| Penrith | Junior Fiction - Graded Readers | READIN BLUE | Available |