The Shack That Dad Built

by Elaine Russell

Book Overview

Our shack had a dirt floor, and before I swept it I would sprinkle water on it so the dust didn't fly everywhere. Then Mum would put an old piece of lino down. I thought it looked lovely! When Elaine Russell was five, her dad built the family a shack just outside the Aboriginal mission at La Perouse in Sydney. In The Shack that Dad Built , Elaine illustrates what life was like for an indigenous kid on the urban fringes. Her recollections range from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877003948
• ISBN13: 9781877003943
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Little Hare Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.9" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3