| ISBN |
9781741699708 (paperback) |
| 0868962678 (paperback) |
| 9781865046280 (paperback) |
| Name |
Mowaljarlai, David Banggal, 1925-1997 author. |
| Title |
When the snake bites the sun : an Aboriginal story / told by David Mowaljarlai ; compiled by Pamela Lofts. |
| Published |
Sydney : Scholastic Press, 2012. |
| ©1984 |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 36 x 34 cm. |
| Notes |
First published by Scholastic Australia in 1984. |
| Summary |
This book is based on a story told by David Mowaljarlai of the Ngarinyin people to Aboriginal children living in the Kimberleys, Western Australia. The illustrations are adapted from their paintings of the story. David Mowaljarlai said, 'We want our children to see the daylight and the sun go down on our land, the home of the Dreamtime, and to live there to their old age and really understand their culture.' |
| Target audience note |
4-7 years. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge K-2. |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legends -- Juvenile literature |
| Folklore -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
| Premier's Reading Challenge K-2 |
| Sun -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature |
| Genre |
Picture books |
| Easy facts |
| Other Names |
Lofts, Pamela compiler. |
| Series |
An Aboriginal story |
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