| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm |
| Summary |
‘Warami mittigar. Hello friend. We welcome you to Darug Country.’ Cooee Mittigar, meaning Come Here Friend, is an invitation to yana (walk), on Darug Country. In this stunning picture book, Darug creators Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson tell a story on Darug Songlines, introducing children and adults-alike to Darug Nura (Country) and language. Greeted by Mulgo, the black swan, readers are welcomed to Nura. Journeying through the seasons, Mulgo describes the land, skyscape, birds, animals and totems. It is a gentle guide to how Darug people read the seasons, knowing when it is time to hunt and time to rest. It is also an appeal to remember, offering new ways of seeing and reading the lands of the surrounding Sydney region. With Darug language interspersed with English and an extensive glossary throughout, Cooee Mittigar presents an important tool for learning, told as a tender story with exquisite illustrations. It is Jasmine and Leanne’s wish that with this book, everyone will know that the Darug mob are still here and still strong. 'Cooee mittigar. Tread softly on our lands. Know that this dreaming was here. Is still here. Will be forever.' |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
In English with words in the Darug language |
| Audience |
5+ years old |
| Notes |
Item in English with words in the Darug language |
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Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2020 Award For New Illustrators |
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Children's Book Council of Australia New Illustrator Award shortlisted book 2020 |
| Subject |
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
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Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Picture books
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Picture books
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Seasons -- Australia
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Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
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Seasons -- Australia -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Picture books
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Picture books
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
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Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Fiction
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Fiction
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction
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Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fiction
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Children's stories -- Pictorial works
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
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Children's stories
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Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
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Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories
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Fiction.
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Illustrated works.
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Picture books.
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| Author |
Watson, Leanne Mulgo, author, illustrator
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| LC no. |
be2019040618 |
| ISBN |
9781925936865 |
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