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y separately published work icon You Kids Count Your Shadows : Hairymen and Other Aboriginal Folklore in New South Wales selected work   short story   Indigenous story   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 You Kids Count Your Shadows : Hairymen and Other Aboriginal Folklore in New South Wales
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'A collection of stories, taken from interviews, which gives an insight into the knowledge and ancient beliefs of the Aboriginal people in NSW.' Source: https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html (Sighted 12/4/2009).

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Notes

  • Kerry White, in Australian Children's Books, Volume Three 1989-2000 (2004) states 'This collection is for a general readership although the possibility of young people reading it is acknowledged in the author's Foreword' (p. 467).
  • Suitable to be read to children 4-12 years.

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Language: English
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Works about this Work

You Kids Count Your Shadows 1991 single work column review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 June no. 2 1991; (p. 12-13) 'We have reprinted 'The Little People', one of the stories from 'You Kids Count Your Shadows'. It is an Aboriginal account of encounters with hairy men, one of the names commonly used to describe the little people, or yowies as many will know them.'
You Kids Count Your Shadows 1991 single work column review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 June no. 2 1991; (p. 12-13) 'We have reprinted 'The Little People', one of the stories from 'You Kids Count Your Shadows'. It is an Aboriginal account of encounters with hairy men, one of the names commonly used to describe the little people, or yowies as many will know them.'
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