Title Playground : listening to stories from country and from inside the heart / compiled by Nadia Wheatley ; illustration and design, Ken Searle ; indigenous consultant, Jackie Huggins

Published East Melbourne, Vic. : Allen and Unwin, 2011 Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen and Unwin, 2011 ©[2011]

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Description 85 pages, 12 pages unnumbered : colour illustrations, portraits ; 25 x 29 cm regular print Series Premier's reading challenge 5-6 Premier's reading challenge 5-6 Contents Introduction -- Where babies come from -- Welcoming the new arrival -- Family relationships -- Homes -- Mother tongue -- First lessons -- The right way of learning -- Journeying -- Getting water -- Getting bush tucker -- Going hunting -- Going fishing -- Cubbies and toys -- Playing sport -- Playing in the water -- Learning through song and ceremony -- Learning through stories and pictures -- Growing up -- Conclusion Summary "We use the bush as our school and as our playground, says one of the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose voices combine in this anthology of true stories about childhood, compiled from a wide range of memoirs and oral histories."--BOOK JACKET Notes NSW Premiers Reading Challenge 5-6 The Children's Book Council of Australia - Short-listed Book"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes The Children's Book Council of Australia short listed book Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Children's -- Nonfiction Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity -- Children's -- Nonfiction Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Children's -- Nonfiction Children's Book Council of Australia Awards (shortlisted) Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Social life and customs. Indigenous children -- Australia -- Social life and customs. Indigenous children -- Australia -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. Indigenous children. Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 5 - Year 6 Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Juvenile literature. Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Australia. Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Juvenile literature. Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs. Author Huggins, Jackie, consultant Searle, Ken, 1951- illustrator Wheatley, Nadia, compiler ISBN 9781742370972 (hbk.)

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