Balharda the bobtail felt pretty in her necklace of wildflowers. But the Bidi-bidi butterflies laughed and said she was ugly. Who will be bobtail’s friend?

In this Aboriginal Dreaming story, follow Balharda down the river from the desert to the sea and learn how words can hurt or heal, and how making friends can open up whole new worlds.

Bobtail’s Friend is Book 2 in the Spirit of the Dreaming series. Yamatji-Noongar artist, storyteller and Stolen Generations survivor Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt shares vibrant images of Yamatji Country and words from the Wajarri and Nhanda languages of Western Australia as she teaches us to walk tall and proud in the skin we’re in.

• ISBN: 9781925877861

• Published: 30 June 2022

• Pages: 36