Tell 'em! (paperback book)

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A joyous and exuberant picture book about life in a remote community

Tell 'em how us kids like to play.
We got bikes and give each other rides.
Tell 'em about the dancing and singing,
And all the stories the old people know.

In this book, written in conjunction with children from Manyallaluk School in the Roper River region in the Northern Terriroty, the voices of Indigenous children sing out across the land to tell us about their life in a remote community.



A joyous and exuberant picture book about life in a remote community

Tell 'em how us kids like to play.
We got bikes and give each other rides.
Tell 'em about the dancing and singing,
And all the stories the old people know.

In this book, written in conjunction with children from Manyallaluk School in the Roper River region in the Northern Terriroty, the voices of Indigenous children sing out across the land to tell us about their life in a remote community.



Written by: Katrina Germein & Rosemary Sullivan with the children of Manyallaluk School in the Northern Territory, Australia
Illustrated by: Karen Briggs

Biography

Rosemary Sullivan is a teacher who was born in Darwin and has lived and worked in the Top End of the Northern Territory all her life. She currently teaches at a one-teacher school on a cattle station in the NT, and continues to pursue her interest in both education and writing. Her first picture book, Tom Tom, was nominated as a Honour Book in the 2009 CBCA Book of the Year Awards for Early Childhood and has sold more than 28,000 copies.


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