A is for Aunty A Story of Life on the Mission by Elaine Russell

This book was inspired by aboriginal artist Elaine Russell’s childhood memories of her family and their life on the mission at Murrin Bridge. Each letter of the alphabet takes the reader on a different journey through the daily events of Elaine’s childhood – being chased by emus, billycart racing, looking after her pet possum, picking quandongs.

More than just an alphabet book, this title uses the letters A-Z as a framework to tell us about growing up on a mission in northern New South Wales. It is a first alphabet book with an Aboriginal theme and describes daily routines and incidents in and around the mission – including billycart racing and yabby fishing.