| Record Number |
21610 |
| ISBN |
9781925936865 (hardcover) |
| Location |
CHCA F SEY Aboriginal Themes |
| Author |
Seymour, Jasmine, (author). |
| Title |
Cooee mittigar : a story on Darug songlines / Jasmine Seymour & Leanne Mulgo Watson. |
| Parallel title |
Come here friend |
| Published |
Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2019. |
| ©2019. |
| Collation |
46 unnumbered pages : coloured illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Summary Note |
'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, off ering 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. |
| Target Audience |
5+. |
| Primary. |
| Terms of use |
Culturally sensitive |
| Language Note |
Item in English with words in the Darug language.. |
| Awards Note |
Prime Minister's Literary Award - Children's Literature (AUS) (Winner - 2020) |
| CBCA Award for New Illustrator (AUS) (Shortlist - 2020) |
| ABIA Award - Small publishers’ Children's Book of the Year (AUS) (Long List - 2020) |
| Speech Pathology Bk of the Year Award - Eight to Ten years (AUS) (Shortlist - 2020) |
| CBCA Eve Pownall Award (AUS) (Notables - 2020) |
| Subject |
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Juvenile fiction |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction |
| Mythology |
| Stories and motifs |
| Seasons |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian |
| Children's stories |
| Dharug / Darug language S64 |
| Picture books for children |
| Children's stories |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Fiction |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Seasons -- Australia |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| CHCA Children Collection Aboriginal Themes |
| Added Name |
Watson, Leanne Mulgo, (illustrator). |
| Internet Site |
Publisher website and teacher notes. |
