A is for Aunty

by Elaine Russell

Back in print at last! ABC for Kids is delighted to announce the re-release of a range of best-selling, award-winning children's picture books. Including Children's Book Council winners and all-time favourites, no children's bookshelf is complete without these classic favourites. Twenty-four titles will be republished from 2010-11. Ages 3-5. More than just an alphabet book, this title uses the letters A-Z as a framework to tell us about growing up on a mission in northern New South Wales. It is a first alphabet book with an Aboriginal theme and describes daily routines and incidents in and around the mission - including billycart racing and yabby fishing. Ages 2+.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

Unknown Binding

First published July 5, 2012

About the author

Elaine Russell was born in 1941 at Tingha (which means 'flat' or 'level place') in northern New South Wales, Australia. Her family moved around to different country towns doing seasonal work such as picking fruit and peas, bagging potatoes or shearing sheep, but much of Elaine's early life was spent on the mission at Murrin Bridge, near Lake Cargelligo, on the Lachlan River.

Reviews

[Sean Harding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Life on a mission station for an indigenous person in the mid twentieth century. Some dark moments win our history given colour and vitality with this alphabet styled book which os both moving and beautiful. A recommended read.

[Oznasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Life on an aboriginal mission station in the Australian outback, perhaps in the 1940s or 50s, is presented as an alphabet book with aboriginal-style illustrations.