Down Under: Vanishing Cultures
by Jan Reynolds

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Book Review: Wonderful content and photographs about an aboriginal tribe
Summary: 5 Stars

The format is "a day in the life of a child", and we follow a tribe who is doing their walkabout. The Tiwi tribe is nomadic and they take journeys called walkabouts, the same journey on foot that their ancestors walked. We see photos of, and text explains, such things as a mother telling a story to her daughter before bedtime near the fire, hunting for snakes and bandicoot. We see how children are equally responsible for hunting and gathering as their parents and grandparents. As the book progresses we learn of certain animals and reptiles that live in the area. We share in a ceremony to honor the dead and see the adults playing with the children at the beach.

The author learned this information by personally traveling with this tribe on their walkabout. The introduction and an afterward explain more details about that to the adults who are reading this book.

This is a wonderful book and it rounded out our studies of Australia. It is not easy to find great books Aboriginal people for this age range-this is a great one! This is one of a series of books about "vanishing cultures" by this author.

Summary of Down Under: Vanishing Cultures

Australia & Oceania Books

• Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction
• People & Places > Explore the World > Australia & Oceania
• Ages 9-12 > General