Baby Bilby's Question

Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Resource

Title

Baby Bilby's Question

Author

Sally Morgan

Illustrators

Adele Jaunn

Publisher, Date

Hardie Grant Egmont, 2013

Audience

0-2yrs, 3-4yrs, 5-8yrs

ISBN

9781742975535

Language

English

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Subjects
1. Bilbies
2. Families
3. Fathers
4. Love
5. Parent and child
Annotation

Baby Bilby and his Dad are out on a clear, moonlit night. 'How long will you love me?', asks Baby Bilby. His Dad has many answers: 'until a crow catches a falling star', 'until a platypus plays with a porpoise' and so on. From this Baby Bilby concludes his love will last a long time. 'I will love you forever, his Dad confirms.

This is a warm and simple story, perfect for sharing with a child at bedtime. The illustrations are soft but colourful, a series of double page spreads illustrating Dad's examples. Each scene has an indigo sky, giving a sense of nighttime, cosiness and restfulness.

Sally Morgan belongs to the Palkyu people of the eastern Pilbara in Western Australia.
Teaching Resources
1. Baby Bilby's Question Teacher's Notes http://www.scool.scholastic.com.au/schoolzone/toolkit/assets/pdfs/Baby_Bilbys_Question.pdf
2. Teaching Books Baby Bilby's Question https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=33252
3. Comparison with related titles by 'Charming Language: A Blog for Readers & Writers' hosted by Dr Lara Cain Gray http://www.charminglanguage.com/2012/08/24/review-baby-bilbys-question-by-sally-morgan-and-adele-jaunn/