Looking After Country with Fire Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With Uncle Kuu

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Looking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country.

Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. 

For thousands of years, First Nations people have listened and responded to the land and made friends with fire, using this knowledge to encourage plants and seeds to flourish, and creating beautiful places for both animals and people to live.

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ISBN:

9781741177824

Format:

Hardback

Pages:

40

Dimensions:

24cm x 29cm

Weight:

520g

RRP:

$26.99

Category:

Lifestyle

Publisher:

Hardie Grant Explore

Published:

19 January 2022

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Victor Steffensen

Victor Steffensen is an Indigenous writer, filmmaker, musician and consultant applying traditional knowledge values in a contemporary context, through workshops and artistic projects. He is a descendant of the Tagalaka people through his mother’s connections from the Gulf Country of north Queensland. Much of Victor's work over the past 27 years has been based on the arts and reviving traditional knowledge values –

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Sandra Steffensen