{"id":19010,"date":"2011-09-22T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=19010"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:50:55","slug":"anita-heiss-reviews-the-winner-of-the-prime-ministers-award-for-childrens-fiction-shake-a-leg-by-boori-monty-pryor-and-jan-ormerod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2011\/09\/22\/anita-heiss-reviews-the-winner-of-the-prime-ministers-award-for-childrens-fiction-shake-a-leg-by-boori-monty-pryor-and-jan-ormerod\/","title":{"rendered":"Anita Heiss reviews the winner of The Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Children\u2019s Fiction, Shake A Leg by Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boori Monty Pryor<\/a>\u00a0 is a stellar storyteller. I\u2019ve seen him in action wowing young people and adults alike at schools, libraries, community events and major literary festivals. There\u2019s no surprise at all that his most recent book Shake A Leg<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 with lively illustrations by the talented Jan Ormerod\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 was named the 2011 Winner (Children\u2019s Fiction) in the prestigious Prime Minister\u2019s Awards.<\/p>\n

Inspired by members of his own family, Boori\u00a0\u00a0– who hails from Northern Queensland and the Birrigubba and Kungganji nations – has cleverly woven his ancient traditions, culture and stories in a modern day yarn.<\/p>\n

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Through the story of three young fellas hunting for\u00a0pizza we get an insight into contemporary Aboriginal life. It\u2019s a place where\u00a0Blackfellas speak Italian (in fact, they go to Italy which takes the meaning of \u2018going walkabout\u2019 to a whole new level). Where Murris are chefs, nurses and sound engineers. Where crocodile pizza is washed down with milkshakes (now that\u2019s what I call culinary fusion). Where the busy street acts as the bora ring today. And where people can live in cities and still respect and value thousands of years of culture.<\/p>\n

Teachers often ask me about titles for use in the classroom, especially in relation to discussing Aboriginal identity. \u00a0Shake A Leg<\/em><\/a> is perfect for that in-class engagement and it even comes with teachers\u2019 notes<\/a>, so half the work is done already.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Anita for allowing us to share your review with our readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit Booktopia’s Anita Heiss Author Page here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Order your copy\u00a0 of Shake a Leg<\/a><\/em> from\u00a0 Booktopia here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

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Boori Monty Pryor\u00a0 is a stellar storyteller. I\u2019ve seen him in action wowing young people and adults alike at schools, libraries, community events and major literary festivals. There\u2019s no surprise at all that his most recent book Shake A Leg\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 with lively illustrations by the talented Jan Ormerod\u00a0\u2013 was named the 2011 Winner (Children\u2019s Fiction) in the prestigious Prime Minister\u2019s Awards. Inspired by members of his own family, Boori\u00a0\u00a0– who hails from Northern Queensland and the Birrigubba and Kungganji nations – has cleverly woven his ancient traditions, culture and stories in a modern day yarn. Through the story of three young fellas hunting for\u00a0pizza we get an insight into contemporary Aboriginal life. It\u2019s a place where\u00a0Blackfellas speak Italian (in fact, they go to Italy which takes the meaning of \u2018going walkabout\u2019 to a whole new level). Where Murris are chefs, nurses and sound engineers. Where crocodile pizza is washed down with milkshakes (now that\u2019s what I call culinary fusion). Where the busy street acts as the bora ring today. And where people can live in cities and still respect and value thousands of years of culture. Teachers often ask me about titles for use in the classroom, especially in relation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[588,1021,2715,4797],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57583,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19010\/revisions\/57583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}