tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080763276453498935.post4391049229611191011..comments2024-03-18T02:02:51.107-07:00Comments on CBCA Tasmania blog: “I don’t think there were any around here”CBCA Tasmaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13175617441683356572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080763276453498935.post-91725448150499679662016-10-30T04:34:40.974-07:002016-10-30T04:34:40.974-07:00There's definitely a need for children's p...There's definitely a need for children's picture books by Tasmania's indigenous people. Before I retired as a teacher-librarian I used to teach a unit of work about Aboriginal myths and legends to years 3&4. I only used texts which were written by indigenous authors and we always located the country where the stories came from using a map of Aboriginal language groups. It was my aim to include stories from all over Australia but I could not ever find anything from Tasmania and this really bothered me because I didn't want my students thinking that there were no Aborigines there. In the end I found a legend online about the Tasmanian Devil and I would tell the story orally, but what I really wanted was an authentic story told by one of Tasmania's own because I think it's very important that children grow up with knowledge about indigenous storytelling in the same way that English children grow up knowing Robin Hood...Lisa Hillhttp://lisahillschoolstuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com