Bakir and Bi

Australia: Magabala Books, 2013. First Edition. Small oblang octavo in blue pictorial paper-backed baords; red ornamental spine; 62 pages: illustrations; 22 x 22 cm. Fine; no jacket (as issued). Hardcover. ISBN: 9781504324465, 1504324463

Author and Ilustrator are from the Torres Strait Islands. Based on a Torres Strait Islander creation story. Bakir (rock) and Mar (storm bird) live on a remote island called Egur with their two young children. While fishing on the beach Bakir comes across a very special pelican (Bakirs totem is a pelican) named Bi."—Publisher. / Aboriginal Australians Australia Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) Folklore Juvenile literature, Children's stories, Australian Torres Strait Islander authors, Creation Folklore Juvenile fiction, Creation Mythology Juvenile literature, Indigenous peoples Australia Juvenile literature, Insulaires du détroit de Torres Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Literature and stories - Juvenile, Mabuiag / Jervis Island , Mer / Murray Island Meriam people, Pelicans Juvenile fiction, Religion - Totemism, Stories and motifs - Birds, Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology, Torres Strait Islanders Juvenile fiction, Torres Strait Islands; Birds; Pelicans! Melanesia