Looking After Country with Fire by Victor Steffensen, Sandra Steffensen

Looking After Country with Fire by Victor Steffensen, Sandra SteffensenLooking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5 to 10 year olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country. Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. For thousands of years, First Nations people have listened and responded to the land and made friends with fire, using this knowledge to encourage

The book covers all of the most common and widespread species likely to be encountered in Australia

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this book showcases the enduring legacy of senior Mimili Maku artist Mr Williams' extraordinary life and art

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he has presented BBC Radio 3's Nightwaves and Radio 4's Analysis

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while others shine a light on the terrible realities for many Australian Indigenous women