Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe *Winner of the CBCA 2020Eve Pownall Award for Information Books* FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description *Winner of the CBCA 2020Eve Pownall Award for Information Books**Winner of the Booksellers Choice 2020ChildrensBook of the Year Award**Shortlisted for the 2020NSW Premiers Literary AwardsPatricia Wrightson Prize for Childrens Literature**Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)**Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Childrens*Age range 10+. The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoes multi award-winning book.Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers.Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived - a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australias history pre-European colonisation.Teachers notes availablehereAdapted for a younger readership from Pascoes best-selling Dark Emu, this exquisitely illustrated picture book will transform how we see Australian history. Bruce uses the diaries of early explorers and colonists to show us the Australia where Aboriginal people built houses, dams and wells and farmed the land.- Fiona Stager, The Courier Mail Long Description *Winner of the CBCA 2020 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books* *Winner of the Booksellers Choice 2020 Childrens Book of the Year Award* *Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premiers Literary Awards Patricia Wrightson Prize for Childrens Literature* *Shortlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)* *Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Childrens* Age range 10+. The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoes multi award-winning book. Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived -- a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu -- A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australias history pre-European colonisation. Teachers notes available here Adapted for a younger readership from Pascoes best-selling Dark Emu , this exquisitely illustrated picture book will transform how we see Australian history. Bruce uses the diaries of early explorers and colonists to show us the Australia where Aboriginal people built houses, dams and wells and farmed the land. -- Fiona Stager, The Courier Mail Details ISBN1925360849 Author Bruce Pascoe Publisher Magabala Books Year 2019 ISBN-10 1925360849 ISBN-13 9781925360844 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-06-01 Imprint Magabala Books Subtitle A Truer History Place of Publication Broome, WA Country of Publication Australia Pages 80 Short Title Young Dark Emu Language English NZ Release Date 2019-06-01 Audience Children / Juvenile Illustrations Illustrations Audience Age 10 AU Release Date 2019-05-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124339266;

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