ISBN |
1865086088 : |
9781865086088 |
Author |
McDonald, Meme, 1954-2017 author. |
Title |
Flytrap / Meme McDonald & Boori Monty Pryor. |
Published |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002. |
Physical description |
61 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Premier's Reading Challenge, 5-6 |
Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9 |
Premier's Reading Challenge, 5-6 |
Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9 |
General note |
Lexile 760. |
Summary |
Nancy wants so much to be the centre of attention at school that she makes up a story - a wish, really. But with the help of stories from both sides of her family - white Australian and Aboriginal - she learns something about what is true for her, and what she herself has to offer. Nancy is worried. She's said she has a Venus Flytrap, but she hasn't really got one, and now the teacher wants her to bring it in to show the class. It wasn't really a lie, it was more like...a wish. At home Nancy is grabbing stories out of the air. Maybe the flytrap ate so many blowflies it got sick? She pesters Mum and One-two-three Gee, and their stories help her find something special of her own. What will Nancy tell her class in the morning? Flytrap is a playful and inspiring book about what stories can do. |
Nancy is worried. She's said she has a Venus Flytrap, but she hasn't really got one, and now the teacher wants her to bring it in to show the class. It wasn't really a lie, it was more like...a wish. At home Nancy is grabbing stories out of the air. |
Subject |
Literature and stories -- Juvenile |
Literature and stories -- Fiction |
Biri -- Birri Gubba language (E56) (Qld SF55-03) |
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction |
Venus Flytrap - Fiction |
Country life - Australia - Fiction. |
Aboriginal peoples - Legends - Fiction |
Children's literature, Aboriginal Australian |
Children's stories |
Juvenile |
Literature and stories -- Fiction. |
Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction |
Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories |