Country tells us when
Cooper, Tsheena2023
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Some cultures around the world have four seasons that they look out for on a calendar; Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. Us Yawuru mob, we don't have four seasons that are told to us by a calendar. We have six seasons and Country tells us when they have arrived by what we feel, see, taste, smell and hear. Discover how the Yawuru people read the seasons in this beautifully illustrated book.
Main title:
Country tells us when / written and illustrated by Tsheena Cooper, Mary Dann, Dalisa Pigram-Ross and Sheree Ford.
Author:
Cooper, Tsheena, author, illustratorDann, Mary, author, illustratorPigram-Ross, Dalisa, author, illustrator, translatorFord, Sheree, author, illustratorMabu Yawuru Ngan-ga Language Centre, translator
Edition:
Yawuru edition.
Imprint:
Australia Square, NSW : Indigenous Literacy Foundation, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
37 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.
Notes:
The Yawuru, also spelt Jawuru, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that his book may contain images and names of people who have died. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content.Parallel text in English and Yawuru.Text in English and Yawuru.
Audience:
Preschool
ISBN:
9781922592460 (hardback)
Language:
Multiple languagesAustralian languagesEnglish
Subject:
BRN:
423836
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