Téa&Belle Indigenous Book Club
- Oct 30, 2019
- 1 min read
Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain.
It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a country that is like no other place in the world.
Fern Martins illustrations seamlessly portray the dramatic skies, the thirsty animals and tiny creatures whose very existence rely on the monsoonal changes. Her exquisite rendering of the big landscape against the subtle shifts in the environment have a timeless quality that will capture the hearts of all readers.
The post highlights the contrast between the dry and wet seasons in northern Australia really stood out to me. It reminded me of a nature unit I once worked on where I struggled to keep up with assignments and even thought about services that say take my online class just to stay afloat. Reading about the land and animals patiently wait for rain made me appreciate how storytelling can slow us down and help us notice small environmental changes we usually overlook.