Children Fiction - Assorted Titles
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Gandjau Wangai 3 & 7

0 86457 770 2
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(with kind permission of Karmick Multimedia) Karen Reys, narrated by Karen Reys.
 
Speed levels 3 (70wpm) & 7 (120-130wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 770 2    PP. 19

 

This is the story about a snake whose eyes are too big for his belly.  Gandjau Wangai, meaning Hungry Snake, goes to the creek to look for food.  He allows the smaller animals that cross his path to go uneaten, only to wait for the bigger animals.  In Badjala (from Fraser Island, QLD) and English, with line drawings.

Karmick Multimedia

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Going For Kalta - Hunting for sleepy lizards at Yalata L0 & L4

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(with kind permission of IAD Press) Yvonne, Brenda & Tjitji Tjuta (all the kids), narrated by Karen Reys.
 
Speed levels 0 (40wpm) & 4 (80wpm) 1CD 
ISBN: 0 86457 601 3    PP. 29 

Yvonne, Brenda and all the kids go hunting for Kalta - sleepy lizards - out bush at Yalata.  They show us in words and pictures where the Kalta live and eat.  They also use some Pitjantjatjara words.   Line drawings & photos.

IAD Press

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The Dream L4

0 86457 602 1
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(with kind permission of Magabala Books) Rae Harris and Beryl Harp, narrated by Karen Reys
 
Speed level 4 (80wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 602 1    PP. 42

 

TDK Audio Book Award Winner 1992

The story of how Badja follows her dream.  The names of characters and other elements are written and spoken in Nyungar, a Western Australian aboriginal language.

Magabala Books

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Wunambi the Water Snake L7

0 86457 603 X
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(with kind permission of Aboriginal Studies Press)
May L O’Brien, narrated by Trevor Jamieson.
 
Speed level 7 (120-130wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 603X    PP. 37
 

The story of Wunambi, the giant water snake, who roamed the land when the earth was young.  Find out what happens when his rest is disturbed.

Aboriginal Studies Press

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