In the past few years as an ILF ambassador, Andy Griffiths has travelled around
Australia with other members of the Australian book industry to conduct writing
workshops with students in remote communities.
The students were given small blank "books" and invited to fill these books – using
both picture and words – with a story based on their own lives. These stories could
be true or fictional or a mixture of both. They could be dramatic, funny or simply
about an activity they love.
The thirteen stories included in this book tell tales of playing with friends, riding
motorbikes, picking berries, hunting for emu eggs and wild pigs, terrifying turkeys
and angry mamus.
'The Naked Boy and the Crocodile' is now available in bookshops across Australia.
Download the order form.
Launch at the Sydney Opera House
It was a glorious day when 160 kids piled into the Opera House for a sneak preview
of The Naked Boy and The Crocodile. The event featured Donna Ingram doing a welcome
to country, 20 young dancers from the Darlington Aboriginal Dance Group, and Andy
Griffiths talking about his work in remote communities. Andy also read the stories
of promising young writers from Wilcannia, Wyndham and Warburton, whose writing
features in The Naked Boy and the Crocodile.
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Brisbane Grammar School celebrates launch of The Naked Boy and the Crocodile
At Brisbane Grammar School on Thursday 9 September, Andy Griffiths shared the wonderful
stories written by kids in remote communities across Australia. Brisbane Grammar
School has been a great supporter of The Indigenous Literacy Foundation.