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Publication
Sydney : Ashton Scholastic, 1983.
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ISBN
0868962643 / 9780868962641
Description
"This book is based on a story told by Mary Albert, of the Bardi people, to Aboriginal children living in Broome, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of the story. Mary Albert said, "Would you like to hear a story from long ago? My mother used to tell me lots of stories, but this story I loved the best, because I loved the birds."--publisher website.
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LibraryThing member eward06
This represents a Myth because it contains religious beliefs of past cultures. It explains the mystery of how birds got their colors. This would be a great book to share with students because of the religion and philosophy that is behind it.
LibraryThing member lydia1879
Exciting for an early reader's story!
I love love love the illustrations in this, done by a very young Pamela Lofts. The first time I read this I was probably like six, and I looked at the illustrations -- the loose paint spilling across the page and was like "I could draw those!"
It made it so
This is the story of how birds got their colours in the Dreamtime until ...
Still love it.
I love love love the illustrations in this, done by a very young Pamela Lofts. The first time I read this I was probably like six, and I looked at the illustrations -- the loose paint spilling across the page and was like "I could draw those!"
It made it so
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accessible and all the more important to me. This is the story of how birds got their colours in the Dreamtime until ...
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