'It is the day of the great birthday party, and people are coming from all the islands for the big feast. Betty and Bala are sent to the shop for a pumpkin. They buy a proper big one, but that pumpkin has a mind of its own. A comic tale of contemporary life from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. Picture book format, ages 6 - 10' (Publication summary)
Queensland : University of Queensland Press , 1996I am Turtle.
My eyes are black, my shell is green.
Wide ocean calls me, as I lie curled in the dark.
Tides roar in my blood, surf pounds in my heart.
A lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own. (Source: Back cover)
St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2001