DR ANITA HEISS’ CURRENT TOP 10 INDIGENOUS TITLES FOR LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (in alphabetical order)
• Crawford, Joanne / illustrated by Grace Fielding, Bilby and the Bushfire, Magabala Books, 2007.
• Duroux, Mary / illustrated by Karen Briggs, The Rain Flower, Aboriginal Studies Press. 2005.
• Anna Eglitis and Warren Brim, Creatures of the Rainforest, Magabala Books, 2005
• Emmerton, Sylvia, My mob going to the beach, Black Ink Press, 2005
• Jackson, Sarah / illustrated by Robyn Templeton, Tell Me Why, Magabala Books
• Koorang, Mundara The Little Platypus and the Fire Spirit, Aboriginal Studies Press. 2005.
• Malbunka, Mary, When I Was Little, Like You, Allen & Unwin, 2003.
• Randall, Bobby, Tracker Tjugingi, IAD Press, 2003.
• Sarago-Kendrick, Delphine, Nana’s Land, Magabala Books, Broome, 2004.
• Michelle Witheyman– Crump / illustrated by Vicki Duncan, Original Girl Black Ink Press, 2007.
Publisher websites:
Aboriginal Studies Press: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/aboriginal_studies_press
Black Ink Press: http://www.blackinkpress.com.au/
IAD Press: http://www.iad.edu.au/press/iadpresshome.htm
Magabala Books: http://www.magabala.com/
[Dr Anita Heiss is the National Coordinator of Black Words: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers and Storytellers dataset. She is the co-author with the Students of La Perouse Public School of Yirra and her deadly dog Demon, ABC Books, 2007]