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Baby business / Jasmine Seymour.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2019.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 x 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781925768671
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ10.7.S453 Ba 2019
Awards:
  • Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award 2020 entrant.
Summary: Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing - it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and a descendant of Maria Lock, daughter of Yarramundi, the Boorooberongal Elder who had met Governor Phillip on the banks of the Hawkesbury in 1791. It is Jasmine's wish that through her books, everyone will know that the Darug mob are still here, still strong. Jasmine is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury area of NSW.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Children's Books
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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Junior collection SEY Available 062341
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Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing - it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to. Jasmine Seymour is a Darug woman and a descendant of Maria Lock, daughter of Yarramundi, the Boorooberongal Elder who had met Governor Phillip on the banks of the Hawkesbury in 1791. It is Jasmine's wish that through her books, everyone will know that the Darug mob are still here, still strong. Jasmine is a primary school teacher in the Hawkesbury area of NSW.

3+ years.

Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award 2020 entrant.

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