Description

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Simple but intelligent, bright, and cheerful, this early childhood concept book teaches animal names and celebrates indigenous art in a joyous, nondidactic, and playful way

Lively illustrations and cumulative text help children identify Australian animals in the Australian landscape as well as common verbs. The kangaroos hop, the butterflies fly, and the echidnas shuffle across the land and down to the water's edge where a sleepy crocodile lies.

About the Author

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Ros Moriarty is a former journalist with Radio Australia in indigenous affairs, women's issues, and the environment; the founder of a nonprofit organization supporting preliteracy education; and the designer and managing director of Balarinji Studio, Australia's leading indigenous art and design group. She is the author of Listening to Country.