| Record Number |
21104 |
| ISBN |
9781921248184 (pbk.) |
| Location |
CHCA F WYM Aboriginal Themes |
| Author |
Wymarra, Elizabeth, 1972-, (author). |
| Title |
Wandihnu and the old dugong / Elizabeth and Wandihnu Wymarra ; illustrated by Benjamin Hodges. |
| Published |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2012. |
| ©2007. |
| Collation |
[28] pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
2012 reprint. Originally published: Broome, Western Australia ; Magabala Books, 2007. |
| Recommended for NAIDOC Week 2021 activity – Foundation. -- NAIDOC Week 2021 teacher resource / SBS Learn. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Target Audience |
For children. |
| Subject |
Dugong -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Manners and customs |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Children's stories, Torres Strait Islander |
| Stories and motifs - Dugongs |
| Literature and stories - Juvenile |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction |
| CHCA Children Collection Aboriginal Themes |
| Added Name |
Wymarra, Wandihnu,1993-, (author). |
| Hodges, Benjamin,1978-, (illustrator). |
| Internet Site |
NAIDOC Week 2021 teacher resource / SBS Learn. |
