| Record Number |
21102 |
| ISBN |
9781925768657 |
| 1925768651 |
| Location |
CHCA F DAN Aboriginal Themes |
| Author |
Daniels, Jill, 1959-, (author, ). (illustrator). |
| Title |
Counting our country / Jill Daniels. |
| Published |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2020. |
| Collation |
22 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 17 cm. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
On board pages. |
| Includes a guide on 'How to pronounce the Ritharrnu animal names' at the back of the book. |
| NAIDOC Week 2021 activity - Foundation: "Read the book Counting our Country then undertake art appreciation activities about what students love about the Country they learn on. Take your class outside with paints and get them to paint on Country what Country means to them." -- NAIDOC Week 2021 teacher resource / SBS Learn. |
| Summary Note |
Counting our Country is a bilingual counting book from Jill Daniels, an Indigenous artist who lives in SE Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Jill's paintings of animals found on her country celebrate her distinctive style and playful use of colour. Children will love counting the animals from 1 to 10 as they turn the pages. Each double-page spread features the name of the animal in Ritharrnu, Jill's Aboriginal language, and in English. A guide on 'How to pronounce the Ritharrnu animal names' encourages readers and young children to see if they can say them. Counting our Country recognises the value of developing cultural literary by introducing Indigenous language and art in the early years. |
| Target Audience |
Birth to 3 years. -- Speech Pathology Australia. |
| Language Note |
Animals name in English and Ritharrnu.. |
| Awards Note |
Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award - Birth to Three years (AUS) (Shortlist - 2020) |
| Subject |
Counting -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
| Animals -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
| Ritharrngu language materials -- Bilingual |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Languages |
| Animals |
| Counting |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Nothern Territory -- Languages -- Juvenile literature |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Languages -- Juvenile literature |
| Bilingual books |
| Counting -- Juvenile literature |
| Animals -- Australia -- Juvenile literature |
| CHCA Children Collection Aboriginal Themes |
| Internet Site |
NAIDOC Week 2021 teacher resource / SBS Learn. |
| See Also |
Magabala Books publisher website |
