Bapa's Last Canoe by Maree McCarthy Yoelu Illustrated by Samantha Campbell

Bapa's Last Canoe by Maree McCarthy Yoelu Illustrated by Samantha CampbellA simple, touching children s picture book about Bapa (Grandfather), a traditional canoe maker, and the making of his very last canoe. Bapa takes his three daughters away on a long canoe ride to go to school. They travel for many months to get to the city, seeing many animals and sights along the way and enjoying each other's company.

Beloved children's author Dianne Wolfer responds to The Man from Snowy River

and the Sydney Review of Books

and enables four generations of women to speak for themselves

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Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity

our politics

for the afternoon

What is our country

Gwen is determined to give the wild creatures their freedom

Janine studies nonstop

As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and

Shortlisted for the Medicis Prize