Country Australia Genre Children's fiction Publication date 1946 Originally published 1946 | Language English Publisher John Sands Media type Print | |
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The Story of Karrawingi the Emu (1946) is an illustrated children's book by Australian author Leslie Rees and illustrator Walter Cunningham. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1946.
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Story outline
The book tells the story of the life of the noble Australian Emu packed with action, adventure and the sense of racing speed that is part of an emu's heritage.
Critical reception
A note in The Western Mail stated: "The prose and the illustrations unfold the life story of an emu, giving a spice of adventure, a little natural history and a great deal of realism in story-telling and ability in illustration."
Awards
References
The Story of Karrawingi the Emu Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA