Books written about the land down under, from the land down under.
“Yahoo, didgeridoo! Blinky Bill and all his crew! Nutsy, Flap, and Marcia too, and Splodge the kanga-, Splodge the kanga-, Splodge the kangaroo! Sing this to any American and they will give you such a strange glance. Sing it to any Australian, especially one who grew up as a kid in the 1990’s, and you will be greeted with a look of utter joy that one...
In 1899, Ethel C. Pedley’s “Dot and the Kangaroo” told the story of a little girl named Dot who wanders off into the Australian bush. She is befriended by a mother kangaroo who feeds Dot special berries that allow her to understand the animals in the bush. Throughout the story, she goes from one encounter to another; she is offered gum leaves by a koala, asks...