ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Unique to Australia, Songlines are the world’s oldest ideas, and this book invites readers to learn about their history, art and science. It explains how the Indigenous people used Songlines to navigate the land, find food, conserve resources and pass on knowledge to the next generation. A simplified version of the bestselling adult edition Songlines, this is colourfully illustrated by Blak Douglas and also contains suggested activities. Thoughtful and non-condescending, it is perfectly pitched at ages 8-12. Lindy
Margo Ngawa Neale is the head of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges, senior Indigenous curator, and principal adviser to the director of the National Museum of Australia. Lynne Kelly is a science writer working as an honorary research associate at La Trobe University. She is the author of The Memory Code and Memory Craft.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Unique to Australia, Songlines are the world’s oldest ideas, and this book invites readers to learn about their history, art and science. It explains how the Indigenous people used Songlines to navigate the land, find food, conserve resources and pass on knowledge to the next generation. A simplified version of the bestselling adult edition Songlines, this is colourfully illustrated by Blak Douglas and also contains suggested activities. Thoughtful and non-condescending, it is perfectly pitched at ages 8-12. Lindy