Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes
Favel Parrett
Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes
Favel Parrett
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S AWARD, INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2024
On the night of a full moon, a small tropical dingo cub is born. And it is her destiny to travel far from home to change things for her kind.
Kimmi sleeps with her mama at her back, her aunty at her front and her three brothers squeezed in beside her. They are a family. But when the farmer who took her father returns to threaten the rest of them, Kimmi is separated from her mama.
In an incredible act of determination, Kimmi's mama runs over mountain tops and dusty red earth to spend one last day with her cub and share with her the knowledge that will one day make her a queen.
This is Kimmi's story, the story of how she became Queen of the Dingoes in a sanctuary that saves them from extinction. It is her mama's story, too. But mostly it is a story that goes back thousands of years, and follows the long line of female dingoes they belong to.
An inspiring true story of survival and courage from one of Australia's best-loved writers.
'Parrett blends matter-of-fact content with a confidently poetic voice . . . For readers aged 8+' BOOKS+PUBLISHING
'A lyrically told tale of survival and resilience for younger readers' SATURDAY AGE
Review
Alexa Dretzke
Kimmi is a companion book to the moving Wandi, who was an Alpine dingo rescued as a pup when he fell from the sky (literally!). Kimmi opens like the beginnings of a bush ballad, a mellifluous cadence introducing the reader to a tiny Tropical dingo, the only girl pup in a litter of four, all of whom are protected by her mum and aunt. There are dangers everywhere and, to survive, these magnificent creatures now need humans to protect them – one of the species that has contributed to their near demise!
Will Kimmi have to leave the only home she has known in her short life and be parted from her family to survive? She comes to learn that no matter where life takes her, she will always be connected to her ancestors, ‘who have walked the red earth for thousands of years’.
These lovely hardbacks are small gems that will be appreciated by readers aged 7+.
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