Bidhi Galing: Big Rain

Author: Heiss,Anita

Item Code: 100125718

Product Type Book

Format Hardback

ISBN 9781761105258

Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening to her father, Yarri, tell her stories about life on Wiradyuri ngurambang. When white people started building on the floodplains, Yarri was worried. He knew the power of the bila and tried to warn the strangers, but they would not listen. Years later, when the big rains came, Yarri and his brother, Jacky Jacky, jumped into their bark canoes and paddled through raging floodwaters, risking their lives to save countless others. Anita Heiss’s powerful text, accompanied by Samantha Campbell’s evocative illustrations, is a gift of Wiradyuri culture, knowledge and language, sharing a resonant message for our times.

Genre: Traditional Stories Subject: Picture Books Reading Level: Foundation School Year: Pre-School, Foundation Ages: 3 to 5 Page Count: 32