Aunty Wendy’s Mob – Happy To Be Me Set

Description

Aunty Wendy’s Mob – Happy To Be Me Book Set comprises of 8 books which have been adapted from songs written by Aunty Wendy.
These songs are from her second CD, ‘Happy To Be Me’.

Book 1: Special Land
Special Land is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Imagine the wind and rain and sunshine on your face. Imagine deserts, seas and sandy beaches. Imagine the bush and all the amazing animals that live here, in this special land. As the traditional owners of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a very special connection to this land as they have had for thousands and thousands of years.
Book 2: Tucker
Tucker is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Indigenous mob, long time ago, ate from the bush and loved it so. Tucker was hunted and collected from the land. There was no white sugar or food in cans. Today, Indigenous families living in cities and towns buy their tucker from the shops. But when they go out bush on weekends, roo and barramundi make real good nosh.
Book 3: Kids On Our Block
Kids On Our Block is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Do you like playing with the friends in your neighbourhood all year round? The Indigenous kids in this story do. Enjoy the fun as the kids get together on their street and play ‘Indigenous way’.. looking out for each other and doing the right thing… all through the summer, autumn, winter and spring.
Note:
Deadly – Aboriginal English word meaning great or fantastic.
Mob – family, relatives or a group of people who belong together
Yarnin’ – talking
Book 4: Dean’s Footy Song
Dean’s Footy Song is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Do you love playing footy? Are you a ‘footy freak’?
Dean and his team mates are! Dean loves playing footy and going to training every week. He reads all the footy magazines, watches all the games on TV and when he goes to the ‘knock-out’, he loves being with family and cheering for his favourite team.
Book 5: The Hairy One
The Hairy One is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. ‘Who’s afraid of the Hairy One? Not me! It’s the story we love best! We’ve heard this story before but we want to hear it just once more. We know it’s scary and we feel prepared. We know it’s pretend, so ‘we’re not scared!’
Book 6: Insects
Insects is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been living in harmony with the land and it’s wildlife for thousands of years. This story gives us a lot to think about. What would you do if you saw a beetle lying on it’s back? How would you feel if you heard a butterfly weeping? Would you help a grasshopper if it got lost in your room? And if you saw a line of tiny ants on their way home, would you step on them or leave them alone?
Book 7: Kami’s Country
Kami’s Country is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Kami means ‘grandmother’ in both the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara languages. Permission to include Kami was given by the Pitjantjatjara Yangkunytjatjara Land Council. Let’s go walking with Kami way out bush in Pitjantjatjara country and feel the desert all around us. Let’s pick the earth up with our fingers and feel the dirt between our toes. Let’s listen up when Kami speaks, ’cause there’s much to learn and Kami knows.
Book 8: Kangaroo Rock
Kangaroo Rock is an adaptation of an Aunty Wendy’s Mob song on the ‘Happy To Be Me’ CD. Have you ever been to the desert and visited Uluru? Have you ever seen a kangaroo playing a guitar in a rock and roll band? Well, put on your dancing shoes because you’re invited to the concert. Come and join kangaroo and his friends, dingo, lizard, cockatoo, snake and emu as they ‘rock, rock, rock around Uluru’