It’s Kambarang. The weather is slowly warming up and it’s the perfect time be outdoors. So, after a busy day enjoying Kambarang on Beeliar Boodja, why not wind down with one of our new junior titles.
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is the strongest of all the creatures out there. But here’s the thing—he’s over being feared and hated and decides he wants to be a god instead. Lucky for him, some ancient evil is back and secretly turning people into monsters, and the gods could really use a hero.
They make a deal with Sun Wukong: if he travels the world and takes down these monsters, they’ll make him a god. So off he goes to Greece, where his first job is to pet-sit—and potty-train—a three-headed dog. Oh, and let’s not forget the fun task of taking down a man-eating Minotaur too…
This is a fun graphic novel that cleverly mixes different mythologies to create a rollicking ride.
The Frog Squad are a group of amphibian crime fighters out to protect the planet from disaster. Each member has its own special power that contributes to the team in its own unique way. Presented as a fly on the wall documentary, this episode of Frog Squad sees the team face up to the evil Professor Cain and The Organisation of Amphibious Devious Scoundrels (TOADS).
TOADS are out to take control of the world’s supply of ice cream and in doing so, could spark off an environmental disaster. Are the Frog Squad up to the challenge?
This book is fabulous, filled with frog facts and frog puns. The way that it is put together is so much fun, and it really does read like a television program, with advertising breaks included. I can’t wait for the next instalment, this time on the tropical island of Croakamo…
Keeping us healthy / by Tom Jackson and Rea Zhai. | Cockburn Libraries (spydus.com)
The latest instalment in the STEM Heroes series, Keeping us Healthy introduces the reader to the many career pathways that STEM can lead you to in the health field.
This book takes a good look at how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are used for health. It goes on to look and various professions ranging from nurses and doctors to various technicians, to psychologists and dieticians.
A celebration of the way that STEM improves our health and our lives, this book is a wonderful introduction to the concept of STEM and where it can take you. My favourite part is the glossary, it includes phonetic spellings of each word together with a good description.
This is a beautiful book that describes the six seasons that we experience on Noongar boodja. It demonstrates the way that we must look to the plants and the way that the animals are behaving and even to the sky, to appreciate the changing of the seasons.
Zilm represents Noongar boodja in all its glory through the divine double page illustrations that includes many local plants and animals. Froome’s narrative gently takes us through the seasons using language and English interchangeably. The two languages come together seamlessly with the assistance of the beautiful illustrations.
Djinang Bonar is the perfect introduction to Noongar language and seasons. When you borrow this book, please scan the QR code to hear the entire story in language.
Chump the chimp is a lovable, clueless character with a quirky nature and a sense of not quite fitting in—until he becomes the first ape in space! His journey takes him on wild adventures through the cosmos, meeting other animals who were also pioneers in space travel.
The story is light-hearted, fun, and full of humour, all while exploring the theme of finding where you belong while staying true to yourself. Especially enjoyable was the way that space history and facts were cleverly woven into the narrative, making it educational without losing its playful tone. (Who knew fruit flies were space travellers?)
This graphic novel is perfect for reluctant readers, fans of toilet humour, or anyone with a fascination for space. The real highlight, though, is the stunning illustrations, which bring the story to life in an unforgettable way.
Days of warmth / Gregg Dreise. | Cockburn Libraries (spydus.com)
Days of Warmth is a lovely board book that has so much packed into such a small book. The illustrations are gorgeous, combining gentle pastels with high contrast black and white images.
The story takes the reader through the days of the week, with a different animal starring for each day. Each animal is struggling with a difficult emotion, and each day, a different family member is there to offer support in response to the difficult emotion.
This deceptively simple book explores days of the week, families, emotions, and Australian animals. Your little one will want this book read to them again and again.
A follow up book to Plantastic! A to Z of Australian Plants, this book takes us on an A – Z journey of even more amazing Australian plants. The introduction gives a great set of instructions on how to use the book and how to interact with plants in the wild, such as sticking to paths to prevent the spread of diseases and not picking plants so that they are able to reproduce.
Each double page spread is filled with loads of information about each plant, ranging from the development of the plant to the ways that First Australians used the plants and some even contain warnings about the plants. The illustrations are stunning.
This book is filled with plantabulous facts and plantabulous activities to get all young nature lovers out and enjoying Australia’s plantabulous plants.
Kambarang (October – November)
The Noongar Season ‘Kambarang’ is represented by the colour yellow as it symbolises the return of the hot weather.
During Kambarang season,we see an abundance of colours and flowers exploding all around us.
The yellows of many of the acacias continue to abound, along with some of the banksias and many other smaller delicate flowering plants including the kangaroo paw and orchids.
During this time the balgas will continue to flower, especially if they’ve been burnt in the past year or closely shaved.
One of the most striking displays of flowers to be seen during this season will be the moojar, or Australian Christmas Tree (Nuytsia floribunda). The bright orange-yellow flowers serve to signal the heat is on its way.
October is also the most likely time of the year that you’ll encounter a snake as the reptiles start to awaken from their hibernation and look to make the most of the warm to assist them in getting enough energy to look for food.
It’s also a time that many young families of birds will be singing out for their parents to feed them. Koolbardies (magpies) will be out protecting their nests and their babies.
Many things are undergoing transformation with the warm change in the weather and longer dry periods accompany a definite warming trend.
Source: ECU Kurongkurl Katitjin
