Our Island
- ISBN-10
- 1743482663
- ISBN-13
- 9781743482667
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-30
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Australia
- Authors
- Alison Lester, Children of Gununa, Elizabeth Honey
Description
Our island lies beneath a big blue sky, surrounded by the turquoise sea. Turtles glide through the clear salt water, and dugongs graze on banks of seagrass. In this lyrical celebration of place, the children of Mornington Islandexplore theirhome in words and pictures. This is a collaboration withmuch-loved children's picture-book creators authors Alison Lester and ElizabethHoney. All royalties from Our Island and one dollar from the sale of each copy are donated to Mornington Island State School to fund art projects in the community.
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