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Shake a Leg
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Shake a Leg

A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and dance. A picture book to get the whole town dancing.
From pizza shop to bora ground, here is a joyous celebration of food, dance and cultural understanding.
When three young boys go to a pizza parlour and meet an Aboriginal chef who can speak Italian and make a deadly pizza, they’re in for a surprise!
All you fellas watching, come up, join in, warrima.
Clap your hands, little ones.
Stamp your feet, nannas.
Get down and dance, you smart young things, mummas and daddas.
Let’s get the whole town dancing!
Boori Monty Pryor is a storyteller, dancer, writer and educator, and Jan Ormerod is an internationally acclaimed picture-book author and illustrator. This glorious book is the first one they have cooked up together.

CategoriesAboriginal
IllustratorJan Ormerod About
FormatHardback
ISBN9781741758900
Published7/07/2010
Lists And AwardsQueensland C2C Year 2
Price Per CopyRRP $24.99
1–9 copies$22.49
10–19 copies$21.24
20+ copies$19.99
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Boori monty Pryor

Boori (Monty) Pryor is from North Queensland. His mother’s people are Kunggandji and his father is from the Birri-gubba Nation. Boori is a performer, storyteller, writer and didgeridoo player. He travels all year round to perform for school students and adults, creating a link between Aboriginal culture and other cultures within Australia.

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Jan Ormerod

Jan Ormerod won several awards for her first book, Sunshine. She was born and brought up in Western Australia but now lives in Cambridge with her two daughters.Jan Ormerod’s first picture book, Sunshine, won the Mother Goose Award in 1982 and was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her recent titles include Ben Goes Swimming, Emily Dances, Who’s Who on Our Street?, A Twist in the Tail and Ponko and the South Pole.

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