Young Dark Emu

Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived – a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia's history pre-European colonisation.

Awards

• Winner, 2020 Australian Booksellers Association Kids' Reading Guide Children's Book Of The Year
• Winner, 2020 Children's Book Council Of Australia Book Of The Year Awards, Eve Pownall Award For Information Books
• Shortlisted, 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book Of The Year For Younger Children (Ages 7-12)
• Shortlisted, 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize For Children's Literature
• Shortlisted, 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards For Literature
• Shortlisted, 2020 Indie Book Awards, Children's