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The story in intended for the primary grades. (AM)
This illustrated book is a translation into Walmajarri (a language spoken in the southern Kimberley area of western Australia) of the original English story. Intended for Aboriginal children.
yJawantiWandi. GurindjiMay Thomas,
May Thomas
(illustrator),
Blanche Bulngari
(translator),
Darwin:Summer Institute of Linguistics,198399223481983single work picture book children's
This book is an imaginative story about a young aboriginal boy, Jawanti, who spends a day walking about the Australian bush, visiting various animals.