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Stories from the Billabong  Cover Image Book Book

Stories from the Billabong

Summary: Colorful illustrations enhance this collection of ten magical stories from the Yorta-Yorta people, one of Australia's aboriginal tribes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781845077044 :
  • ISBN: 1845077040 :
  • Physical Description: print
    61 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: The Rainbow Serpent and the story of creation -- How the kangaroo got her pouch -- Why frogs can only croak -- Why brolgas dance -- Why the platypus is such a special creature -- The mountain rose -- The two moths and the flowers of the mountain -- How the crocodile got its scales -- The lizard-man and the creation of Uluru -- The butterflies and the mystery of death.
Target Audience Note:
760 Lexile.
Subject: Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
Legends -- Australia
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
Folklore -- Australia
Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Valemount Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Valemount Public Library jnf 398.208 mar (Text) 35194014122147 Junior non-fiction Volume hold Available -

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