Out of print? Try somewhere else! Still available in Australia.

This was a winner of the Australian Picture Book of the Year award in 1976 and has probably founs a place in many school and public libraries. deservedly so.

It is a Dreaming story - an Aboriginal Creation story. It should be as available, particularly in Australia, as stories of Noah's Ark, and The Garden of Eden might be.

The illustrations are magnificent, and capture the ochres and reds of the internal landscape, the green of the gum trees. The text is accessible for young children (about 4 and up).

The Giant Devil Dingo is aa authentic Ausatralian aboroginal story of how men and dingos came to live together. While the story and illustrations are somewhat gory (two brothers spearing a giant dingo that has been sent to hunt them down and eat them) the book is not for every family, but the honesty of the story should be appreciated. Having read this book at the age of five or six I can honestly describe it as one of the most original and thought provoking books of memory. Truly worthwhile!