Title

I’m Australian Too

Author

Fox, Mem

Illustrator

Ghosh, Ronojoy

Publisher

Scholastic Australia

Published Date

2017

Annotation

Each double page spread in this picture book features characters who have come to a particular part of Australia from another country. A four-line refrain reveals a brief reason for their leaving their homeland. Each has a positive feeling about a new life. There is one young girl who reveals she is a refugee and hopes Australia will let her into the country. Some of the many homelands represented with a brief comment on why they left their homeland include Ireland, Italy, Greece, England, China, Afghanistan Vietnam and Somalia.

Key Concepts

Cultural traditions, Migration, Refugees, Social life

Audience

Early childhood, Primary

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