Warna-Manda Baby Earth walk
Betts, Susan2021
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Warna-Manda Baby, the earth is part of you. Follow Allurru as she is guided across the land on a journey to discover her connection to Mother Earth and find her way home. An ode to earth, sea and sky, Warna-Manda Baby Earth Walk is a gift to future generations to help them connect, care and understand the world around them."
Main title:
Warna-Manda Baby Earth walk / Susan Betts ; illustrated by Mandy Foot.
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Imprint:
Kent Town, SA : Little Book Press for Raising Literacy Australia, 2021.©2021.
Collation:
28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm.
Notes:
Susan Betts is a Wirangu woman from South Australia. She says this book is about "that connection to the earth and being able to share that connection ... It hope that it inspires everyone, especially children, because that's who I wrote it for, to feel and awaken that sense of connection to Mother Earth." An Earth Walk in which Allurra becomes connected to her home and instilled with knowledge of the environment and that of country will enhance young children’s appreciation of the multi layered aspects of the land around them. Not only a place to explore or walk over, but a place to see with different eyes, to come to see it as a place we need to protect, a place with history and presence. Just as Mother Earth fulfils all our needs, so too she needs looking after, and from the land and sea and sky above, she is watching over us all. Allurra walks on, following footprints which guide her, watches the birds in the sky, the animals on the ground, seeing the shiny star up above her head, reminding her that all is family, all is there to guide and protect. And she is part of it all. The soft, brightly coloured illustrations use a range of Aboriginal motifs, stars, footprints, bird prints, circles and dots to engage the reader. The journey Allurra takes is well shown as she walks over land and near the sea, a continuous flow along the bottom of most pages. Children will enjoy looking out for known objects. And will enjoy practising the words given a the end of the book.
Audience:
Preschool
Awards:
2022 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Karajia Award.
ISBN:
9780645027013 (hardback)9780645027020 (paperback)
Language:
English
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BRN:
410948
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