The Night Bird Dreaming
By Rory O’Connor
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Perfect for ages 6+
28 pages
ISBN: 978-0-6486309-0-6
The Night Bird Dreaming is a traditional Aboriginal story that is thousands of years old. It comes from a magic country deep in the forest.
Karang, the powerful owl, is the ancient guardian of a gigantic secret tree that is so large it takes a day to walk around its trunk. The tree is the home of all the birds of the air. Especially the naughty Jinir Jinir - the tawny frogmouth. Jinir Jinir tries to steal the sacred rituals of his fellow birds - with disastrous results.
The story of the Night Bird Dreaming is retold here with language from the traditional lands of the authors including Yugambeh, Yuggera and Turrubul.
Behind the story
Aboriginal communities across Australia have many different stories that explain the personality characteristics of this country’s amazing birdlife. The Night Bird Dreaming is the first book to bring them all onto the one stage together. And it shows how their personalities interact with each other in the ancient Aboriginal cultural framework. It took more than three decades of the author’s life to hear enough individual stories, across multiple generations, to understand the common thread that wove them all into one narrative. For this reason the adventure reflected here is unique storytelling event that will appeal to readers on many different levels.
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The Dreaming Series comes in a beautiful five book box set that will be a treasured addition to your library, in the home or the classroom.
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