| ISBN |
9781761105258 hardback |
| Name |
Heiss, Anita author. |
| Title |
Bidhi Galing : Big rain / Anita Heiss ; illustrated by Samantha Campbell. |
| Published |
Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster (Australia), 2023. |
| ©2023. |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Summary |
This is the story of the great flood of Gundagai in 1852 and the Wiradyuri heroes, Yarri and Jacky Jacky, who paddled bark canoes through raging floodwaters, risking their lives to save countless others. |
| Target audience note |
For primary children. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Awards note |
Notables, Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA), Book of the Year, Eve Pownall Award, 2024 |
| Subjects |
Floods -- New South Wales -- Gundagai -- History -- Juvenile fiction |
| Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Gundagai -- History -- Juvenile fiction |
| Heroes -- New South Wales -- Gundagai -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ecology -- Climate and weather -- Floods -- Juvenile fiction |
| Floods -- New South Wales -- Murrumbidgee River -- History -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Australian fiction |
| Gundagai (N.S.W.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Picture books |
| First Nations |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Other Names |
Campbell, Samantha illustrator. |
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