Sunny and Shadow
First Nations junior fiction about a girl and a dingo
Published on 4. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-76099-511-9 (ISBN)
Description
Calla is born with a precious gift - she can talk to the dingoes. It is her special job to learn all their ways and to know how to look after them. But when new people come to her land, things begin to change. Calla and her family are forced to move away from her beloved dingoes.
Meanwhile, one of Calla's favourite dingoes, a cheeky little pup named Chichi, escapes from danger through a special cave. When he emerges, he finds himself in a different time and place. Lost and confused, he is befriended by a young girl named Sunny. When Sunny takes the dingo pup to meet her grandmother, they discover that they already know each other - Sunny's grandmother is Calla! Together they work to get the dingoes safely back to country.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
North Fremantle, WA
Australia
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76099-511-9 (9781760995119)
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Person
Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Helen is currently a professor at UWA, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Board Member with Beyond Blue and the AFL's first Indigenous Commissioner.