Title Wandihnu and the old dugong / Elizabeth and Wandihnu Wymarra ; illustrated by Benjamin Hodges

Published Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2007 Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2012 ©2007

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	PICTURE BOOK Wym/Wat		AVAILABLE

Description 28 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm Summary Wandihnu has lived her whole life in the city. One day her mother tells her that she is going on a holiday to visit her aka (grandmother) on Badu Island in the Torres Strait. It is time for Wandihnu to learn about her family who come from this faraway island off the north coast of Australia. That night, as Wandihnu slowly drifts off to sleep, she begins to dream about her journey, about her aka, and about a very special friend Analysis All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia) Australian fiction (Australia) Picture books (Australia) Notes 2012 reprint. Originally published: Broome, Western Australia ; Magabala Books, 2007 Audience For children Subject Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Children's stories, Torres Strait Islander Dugong -- Juvenile fiction. Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction. SUBJECT Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136144 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. Illustrated works. Picture books. Author Hodges, Benjamin, 1978- illustrator Wymarra, Wandihnu, 1993- author ISBN 9781921248184 (paperback)

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