Dingo
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Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · 2018

Dingo

By Claire Saxby, Tannya Harricks (Illustrator)

Part of the Nature Storybooks series

A dingo ventures into the night, hunting to feed her family.

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32 pages
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In the fading light, a dingo leaves her pups to hunt. Her journey through the forest is a dance of survival, as she navigates past possums and wombats, seeking the scent of rabbits. Will she succeed in her quest to feed her family? Discover the hidden world of these wild dogs, where every dusk brings a new challenge.

From the publisher

Poetic language and glorious illustrations follow a dingo from the comfort of her pack into the darkening landscape in search of food for her family. Can you see her? There – deep in the stretching shadows – a dingo. Her pointed ears twitch. Her tawny eyes flash in the low-slung sun. Dingo leaves her sleeping pups with her mate and lifts her head to smell the air. Dusk is a busy time – the time for hunting. Softly and fleetly she runs through the forest, past a possum, a wombat, and kangaroos in the gully below. Now she climbs to the highest point and sniffs again, locating the scent of rabbits in the wind. Interspersed with text offering facts for curious readers, Dingo is a lyrical foray into the life of these fascinating wild dogs.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
5–9
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about dogsBooks about animalsBooks about natureBooks about mammalsBooks about Australia
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Book details

Publication
Published
January 15, 2019
First published
April 1, 2018
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780763698867

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