Our World; Bardi-Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon One Arm Point Remote Community School (Magabala Books)If you want to see inside the life of a remote aboriginal community then Our World - Bardi-Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon is the perfect book to investigate.
Full of colour and wonderful words it looks at the children of this aboriginal community and celebrates the connection of the BARDI-JAAWI people to the land and the sea. there are wonderful photographs of the children and other people in the community as well as artwork by the children and delightfully written text. there are explanations and a pronunciation guide for some of the bardi words included as well as explanation of some of the camping, fishing and hunting activities, a Bardi kinship chart and many more insights into this community. Ardiyooloon is at the top of the Dampier Peninsula, 200km north of Broome in the north-west of Western Australia. This is a book to be explored and enjoyed.
The Legend of The Golden Snail Graeme Base (Penguin)A Graeme Base book is always a feast of reading and exploration of the intricate artwork and this one continues that long tradition for there will be continued re-reading and continued re-examination of the so richly created artwork.
The Legend of the Golden Snail is Wilbur's favourite book. he loves hearing it read to him. It fills his mind with endless possibilities and imaginations so much so that Wilbur decides to set out on a mission to free The Golden Snail for it has been banished to the ends of the earth only to be released if a new master is found. Along the way Wilbur makes friends with a cat, a monstrous sea creature, a bush of blossoming butterflies, and lantern-fish.
Of course there are also hidden snail 'n' crossbones images to find in every picture that will surely encourage a closer look!
And dont forget to check out the clip.
Like all of Rods books this one is a joy wit hilarious text and rich vibrant illustrations.
A small, grey and not often noticed little bird wants very much to be noticed, to stand out in the crowd ... just like Zelda and Zelda is only tooo happy to transform Phoebe for she runs the most popular beauty salon in the forest. so the transformation beings, starting at the top and working right through her 'look' with feather extensions and added crests, moves, songs and colours and more. unfortunately for Phoebe each added transformation leaves phoebe unnoticed and it also makes it a little more difficult to walk and fly and just get around until eventually the all the added extras are just to much for little phoebe.
I Don't Believe In Dragons Anna Walker (Scholastic)"I can see a dragon," says miss may. Everyone in kindergarten can see a dragon ... everyone except jack. Jack doesn't believe in dragons. While all the children ask questions or ponders dragon possibilities when a feather or apple skin is found or a strange sound is heard, jack provides a real-world reason for the possibility even though reading the story we can see that there is a dragon present until jack makes a discovery.
A delightful story and pictures with a beautiful, lovely, friendly dragon that dragon-lovers everywhere will adore.More to follow.
