“Aunty’s Wedding” By Miranda Tapsell, Joshua Tyler, Samantha Fry (Illustrator)

A Tiwi-Island girl prepares for Aunty's wedding with help from her maningawu in this vibrant picture book by the popular actor and writers of Top End Wedding, and the highly acclaimed illustrator of Alfred's War.

Everyone on the island is getting ready for Aunty's wedding. Maningawu puts on her best hat and I can wear a wurrijinga in my hair. Lucky! We all dress up, but I still don't understand. Why do people have a wedding?

A warm family story that celebrates love and culture from actor, activist, writer and Australian sweetheart Miranda Tapsell, and Joshua Tyler, co-writer of Top End Wedding, lushly illustrated by Samantha Fry.

Reviews:

"I purchased Aunty’s Wedding (by Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler) from Koori Curriculum last week, and read it to our pre-schoolers this morning – they loved it! They were all trying to practice how to say the words in Tiwi language and commented that the words sound different to Darug language.

I chose Aunty’s Wedding as we have limited resources to represent Torres Strait Islander perspectives, although we have many Aboriginal resources.

I talked with the children about where the Tiwi Islands were, then we looked at the globe to see them just off the mainland, and discussed how Torres Strait Islanders are also our First Nations People." - Tessa McGavock

• ISBN: 9781760524838
• ISBN-10: 1760524832
• Audience: Children
• For Ages: 3 - 6 years old
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number Of Pages: 32
• Published: 1st September 2020
• Publisher: A&U Children’s
• Country of Publication: AU
• Dimensions (cm): 24.4 x 25.4 x 0.25
• Weight (kg): 0.34