How the Birds Got Their Colours: Tales from the Australian Dreamtime
- ISBN-10
- 1537921045
- ISBN-13
- 9781537921044
- Series
- How the Birds Got Their Colours
- Category
- Aboriginal Australian Legends
- Pages
- 31
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Author
- Helen Chapman
Description
"A wonderful collection of creation stories from Australia, telling how the koala lost his tail, the kangaroo got her pouch, as well as how the birds got their colours."--Publisher's promotional description.
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