Summary
Age range 0-8
Winner of the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award
This gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush is about a small calf who becomes separated from his family. The little calf is alone and simply wants his mother, sisters and brothers. He can see other animals, and after running to the river, manages to ask some horses if they are his family. The calf’s family have been taken away in the back of a noisy truck. So begins the li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925936483 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925936481 |
| Author: | Bruce Pascoe |
| Publisher: | Magabala Books |
| Imprint: | Magabala Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 257mm x 260mm |
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About The Author
Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe has published widely in both adult and young adult literature. He has won numerous awards, including the Children s Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Young Dark Emu, New South Wales Premier s Book of the Year Award in 2016 for Dark Emu and the Prime Minister s Literature Award for Young Adult fiction for Fog a Dox in 2013. In 2018 Bruce was awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. He has worked as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. Bruce is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man, and currently lives on his farm in Gippsland, Victoria.
Charmaine Ledden-Lewis is a Blue Mountains artist, and descendant of the Bundjalung people. Her matriarchal lineage is a living legacy of the Stolen Generations. She is a vocal advocate for those who have had their history and culture stolen from them. Raised in a loving family surrounded by art and music, Charmaine developed a passion from a young age, for all things creative. She provides the same environment for her two sons, taking pleasure in nurturing their creativity. Charmaine believes we are all artists. She was the 2019 winner of Magabala Books Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award and illustrated Bruce Pascoe s children s picture book Found and Cathy Freeman s Born to Run.
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