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Patterns of Australia
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Accompanied by evocative text that captures the essence of each place, this book encourages both children and adults to engage with Australia's rich environment in a fresh and imaginative way.
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This book is ideal for children and families interested in nature, art and Australian wildlife. Its interactive style suits early learners as well as adults who appreciate indigenous art and environmental themes.
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Patterns of Australia represents a series of Australian landscapes and habitats in patterns, as seen through the eyes of acclaimed indigenous artist Bronwyn Bancroft.
Each landscape contains animals, birds, plants, and flowers particular to that landscape hidden within it, accompanied by text evoking the place and listing the things to find.
The book is designed to give children—and adults—an opportunity to see the Australian environment in a new way, as they discover that there is so much more to see around us if we only look!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760501990
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2018
Country: Australia
Imprint: Little Hare
Illustration: Full Colour
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 225.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 158g
Pages: 24
About the Author
Bronwyn Bancroft is a proud Bundjalung Woman and Artist. She has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over three decades. She has a diverse artistic practice including public art commissions and imagery design for private commission. She has illustrated and/or written 40 children’s books and has received the Dromkeen Medal for her contribution to Australian Literature, and in 2016 was the Australian Finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award (Illustrator).
Bronwyn has been a Director of her own company, Designer Aboriginals Pty Ltd, since 1985. She is also a Director of Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) and an advisor on Commonwealth Bank’s Indigenous Advisory Council. Bronwyn has been a volunteer senior strategist at Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative since 2009. She has a Diploma of Visual Arts from Canberra School of Art and two Masters degrees, one in Studio Practice and the other in Visual Art, from University of Sydney. She was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2018.
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