50 Books by POC - The Cowboy Frog
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50books_poc#17 - Hylton Laurel, The Cowboy Frog, 2003
While I was putting away some of the books Pearl received for Christmas (that are too advanced for her as yet) I found a stack of Aboriginal stories I have bought over the years. One of my favourites is *The Cowboy Frog*.
It is the story of a cocky frog who is the envy of all in the Noonkanbah Crossing area. He kills a croc with his bare hands!
It was written and illustrated by Hylton Laurel when he was nine years old. He lives at Millijidee Station (on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert). The biographical information at the end says the Wulungarra Community School that he goes to emphasises traditional culture and teaching in Walmajarri and Kriol (a kind of Aboriginal English). The book has been translated into Walmajarri by Yangkana Madeleine Laurel.
Hylton Laurel, The Cowboy Frog, 2003
While I was putting away some of the books Pearl received for Christmas (that are too advanced for her as yet) I found a stack of Aboriginal stories I have bought over the years. One of my favourites is *The Cowboy Frog*.
It is the story of a cocky frog who is the envy of all in the Noonkanbah Crossing area. He kills a croc with his bare hands!
It was written and illustrated by Hylton Laurel when he was nine years old. He lives at Millijidee Station (on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert). The biographical information at the end says the Wulungarra Community School that he goes to emphasises traditional culture and teaching in Walmajarri and Kriol (a kind of Aboriginal English). The book has been translated into Walmajarri by Yangkana Madeleine Laurel.
Hylton Laurel, The Cowboy Frog, 2003
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