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E Is for Echidna: My Australian Word Book
Following the success of W is for Wombat, Bronwyn Bancroft has created a companion title, E is for Echidna. A beautiful book of Australian words for the very young.
- GenresAustralia
24 pages, Board Book
First published August 1, 2011
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About the author
Bronwyn Bancroft
53 books21 followersBorn in Tenterfield, northern New South Wales, Bronwyn Bancroft is a descendant of the Djanbun clan of the Bundjalung nation.
Utilising many mediums, Bronwyn's artistic practice extends from public artworks to children's book illustrations. She is represented in many collections both in Australia and overseas, including: the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of Western Australian, Australian Museum, Artbank, Newark Museum, The Kelton Foundation, Westpac USA, and the Volkerkunde Museum. Her work is also held in the private collections of the Prime Minister of Turkey, and the Governor of Tokyo. Bronwyn has exhibited extensively around the world.
Utilising many mediums, Bronwyn's artistic practice extends from public artworks to children's book illustrations. She is represented in many collections both in Australia and overseas, including: the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of Western Australian, Australian Museum, Artbank, Newark Museum, The Kelton Foundation, Westpac USA, and the Volkerkunde Museum. Her work is also held in the private collections of the Prime Minister of Turkey, and the Governor of Tokyo. Bronwyn has exhibited extensively around the world.
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June 24, 2019
This, and others in the same series, have beautiful illustrations, and are a good introduction to indigenous artwork.
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September 9, 2017I'm not sure why Bancroft did a second of these books -- possibly these board books are adapted from her "Big Book of Australian Words/Animals" books?
This one feels less obviously Australian -- aside from the titular echidna (a spiny anteater), the only unfamiliar-to-me words were galah (a kind of bird), quoll (a carnivorous marsupial), wattle (as in a kind of plant -- apparently the golden wattle is the floral emblem of Australia -- not the flesh hanging from the throats of some birds, which is what the word would have made me think of our of context), Ulysses butterfly, spinifeX (a kind of grass). Oh, and bandicoot which I had heard of before but couldn't have defined (it's yet another marsupial).
I felt like it was reaching a bit more -- including words like apple, net (I assume this glowy net must be some sort of Australian/Aboriginal thing I'm not parsing), and rainbow that don't feel particularly Australian to me. (It also used "vegetable" for V, which seemed like a bit of a cop-out especially since it just depicted one pumpkin-like vegetable, as opposed to at least a collection of Australian vegetables.)
I'll probably only get W Is for Wombat for the nibling, though I do really like the rainbow page.
This one feels less obviously Australian -- aside from the titular echidna (a spiny anteater), the only unfamiliar-to-me words were galah (a kind of bird), quoll (a carnivorous marsupial), wattle (as in a kind of plant -- apparently the golden wattle is the floral emblem of Australia -- not the flesh hanging from the throats of some birds, which is what the word would have made me think of our of context), Ulysses butterfly, spinifeX (a kind of grass). Oh, and bandicoot which I had heard of before but couldn't have defined (it's yet another marsupial).
I felt like it was reaching a bit more -- including words like apple, net (I assume this glowy net must be some sort of Australian/Aboriginal thing I'm not parsing), and rainbow that don't feel particularly Australian to me. (It also used "vegetable" for V, which seemed like a bit of a cop-out especially since it just depicted one pumpkin-like vegetable, as opposed to at least a collection of Australian vegetables.)
I'll probably only get W Is for Wombat for the nibling, though I do really like the rainbow page.
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