Fair skin black fella / Renee Fogorty.
Publication details: Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation, 2010.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 19 x 23 cmISBN:- 9781921248146
- 1921248149
- Fair skin blackfella
- Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
- Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile fiction
- Racism -- Juvenile fiction
- Children's stories -- Pictorial works
- Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile fiction
- Aboriginal Australians
- Racism
- Fiction
- Indigeneity
- Colour of people - Fiction
- Children, Aboriginal - Fiction
- A823.4 23
- PZ7 F664Fa 2010
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Junior collection | FOG | Available | 066452 |
We all brothers and sisters in this life, no matter what colour we are, says Old Ned. This is the story of Mary, a young Aboriginal girl who lives on a red and dusty cattle station. Shunned by the other girls because of her fair skin, Old Ned, one of the community elders, finally speaks up. With words full of knowledge and wisdom, he teaches the girls that Aboriginal identity transcends skin colour and that family, community, country, culture and spirituality is what being Aboriginal is really about. Renee Fogorty shows that prejudice has no boundaries and that it occurs within and between cultural groups.Her personal perspective makes Fair Skin Black Fella a tale of universal experience that many young readers will identify with. Renees contemporary artwork is both whimsical and streetwise, and her colourful characters will appeal to readers of all ages.
For primary school age.