From the author of Backyard Birds and Backyard Bugs, Helen Milroy’s latest picture book, Backyard Beasties, is designed to teach us all about the croaking, barking, screeching, mewling creatures that share our homes.
From beastie besties, like the Pomeranian and the pussycat, to clucking chickens and licking lizards, the jewel-like illustrations will make this book a joy to share.
ISBN: 9781760991203
Dimensions: 19.5x19.5cm
Pages: 32
Publication year: 2022
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Dr Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, but was born and educated in Perth. Australia’s first Indigenous doctor, Helen studied medicine at the University of Western Australia and is currently Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UWA, Honorary Research Fellow at Telethon Kids Institute and a Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission. Helen was recently appointed as the AFL’s first indigenous commissioner. Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories is her first book for children.
A wonderful resource for the Government of Western Australia School Curriculum and Standards Authority Kindergarten Curriculum Guidelines (in DRAFT and will be finalised upon the publication of the revised Early Years Learning Framework early 2023).
Learning Outcome 2.4 Showing social responsibility and respect for the environment
(a) Exploring natural and constructed environments
(c) Respecting, caring for and sustaining the environment
Focus: Investigating the interactions between the environment and its people
Children are showing social responsibility and respect for the environment when they are, for example:
- exploring the basic needs of people, plants and animals, and places where they live
- discussing how not caring for the environment might harm it
https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/kindergarten-curriculum-guidelines
