Aboriginal life Archives

Three Dresses

March 23, 2025

Wanda Gibson, Three Dresses, University of Queensland Press, April 2024, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780702266355 Included in the […]

2025 notable book, Aboriginal children, Aboriginal life, camping, family, memoir, picture book, summer holiday, walking on country

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The Moon Story

March 4, 2025

Marshia Cook, with Tamua Nuggett (extra illustrations), The Moon Story, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, December 2024, 24 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk),

Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal life, bedtime story, bilingual, camping, family, highly recommended, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, Moon

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Yaltji ngayuku papa? (Where’s my dog?)

February 20, 2025

Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School & Stewart Ennis and Leech, Ange, (illustrator), Yaltji ngayuku papa? (Where’s my dog?), Indigenous Literacy Foundation, August

Aboriginal children, Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal life, Aboriginal people, bilingual, counting books, dogs, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, own stories

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Raymaŋgirrbuy dhäwu | When I was a little girl

October 12, 2024

Kylie Gatjawarrawuy Mununggurr, Raymangirrbuy dhäwu |When I was a little girl, Magabala Books, July 2024, 31 pp., RRP $27.99 (hbk),

Aboriginal children, Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal life, bilingual, growing up, picture book, remote Australia

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Djinang Bonar: Seeing Seasons

September 4, 2024

Ebony Froome (text) and Leanne Zilm (illustrator) Djinang Bonar: Seeing Seasons, Fremantle Press, August 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk),

Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal life, bilingual, highly recommended, picture book, Seasons

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NT Mob Sharing Stories in Language

August 4, 2024

Bill Forshaw (ed.), NT Mob Sharing Stories in Language, Indigenous Literacy Fund, May 2023, 101 pp., RRP $29.99 (hbk), ISBN

Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal life, Aboriginal stories, bilingual, Community, family, highly recommended

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Country Tell Us When…

July 22, 2024

Tsheena Cooper, Mary Dann, Dalisa Pigram-Ross, and Sheree Ford, Country tells us when…, Pan Macmillan Australia, March 2023, 40 pp.,

2024 Notable books, Aboriginal life, bilingual, Community, factual picture book, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, Seasons

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Tiwi Seasons with Marius

July 6, 2024

Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga students (with Shelley Ware and David Lawrence), Tiwi Seasons with Marius, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, November 2023,

Aboriginal life, bilingual, First Nations, food, Tiwi Culture, Weather

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