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Indigenous children’s books aim to preserve traditional language</h1><div class="" style="margin:0.8em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;width:858px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17px;text-align:left">
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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Students from the remote Kimberley school of Yakanarra are the nation's newest authors, having launched two books at the National Library of Australia on Monday.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The books, <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">A Yakanarra Day</em> and <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The Yakanarra Dogs</em>, are part of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation project, and aim to connect Yakanarra students to their traditional culture.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The books capture the students' creative capacity, reflecting life in Western Australia's diverse Kimberley region and providing insight into an indigenous community through the lens of a child.</p>
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