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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya
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'When Ernie goes to live in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia, the people, climate, plants and animals are all new to him. Here are his letters to Clive, Nicky, Rosie, Frank, Tessa and Celeste, describing the life he discovers with his new friends in their wild and beautiful land.

'Alison Lester visited Arnhem Land in 1996 and 1997 as a guest of the Gunbalanya Community School with her friend and fellow author Liz Honey. Together they worked with staff and students of the school to produce poems, plays, puppets and paintings. This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives, called We Love Gunbalanya . Arnhem Land is owned by the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 50,000 years. There are many different tribes and language groups throughout Arnhem Land, but at Gunbalanya, where this book is set, the main language spoken is Kunwinjku. ' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Bushtucker
    Food practices
    • Food production
    • Food preparation
    Gender
    • Food production - male and female [boys and girls gathering/collecting bushtucker]
    • Food preparation - female [outdoor fire]
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Rural
    Setting n/a
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity
    • White Australian characters
    • Indigenous Australian characters
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline , 2000 .
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      Extent: 26p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 073360384X (pbk)
    • Boston, Massachusetts,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Houghton Mifflin ,
      2001 .
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      Extent: 1 v. (unpaged)p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 0618104429

Works about this Work

My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter Deborah Bogle , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 June 2010; (p. 35)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12)
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Lauren Peterson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 May vol. 97 no. 18 2001; (p. 1759)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Grace Oliff , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , April vol. 47 no. 4 2001; (p. 115)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Moira Robinson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 42)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Moira Robinson , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 42)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
Picture Books Katharine England , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2000; (p. 23)

— Review of Rain Dance Cathy Applegate , 2000 single work picture book ; Over the Hill and Around the Bend with Granny and Bert (and Me) Helen Lunn , 2000 single work picture book ; Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book ; Anna the Goanna and Other Poems Jill McDougall , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Grace Oliff , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: School Library Journal : For Children's, Young Adult and School Librarians , April vol. 47 no. 4 2001; (p. 115)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
[Review] Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Lauren Peterson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 May vol. 97 no. 18 2001; (p. 1759)

— Review of Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo : For the Children of Gunbalanya Alison Lester , 2000 single work picture book
Food, Fantasy and Friendship Barbara Dobson , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 6-8)
The Children's Book Council of Australia Annual Awards 2001 2001 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 45 no. 3 2001; (p. 2-12)
My Baby, She Wrote Me a Letter Deborah Bogle , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 11 June 2010; (p. 35)
Last amended 20 Nov 2018 09:25:21
Subjects:
  • Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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