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Ayu and the Perfect Moon

Ayu and the Perfect Moon

by David Cox and David Cox
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/06/2011

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The full moon rises over the palm trees of a small Balinese village as a young girl, Ayu, performs the traditional Indonesian dance, the Legong.

An atmospheric book by award-winning author David Cox, which tells how a young girl in Indonesia once performed the beautiful Legong dance for her village.

Be transported into the heart of Balinese village life, as you hear elderly dance instructor Ayu's story of her childhood experiences. The thudding drums, banging gongs, tinkling gamelan and the bamboo flute create a truly atmospheric background to this wonderfully cultural story about traditional Balinese music, dance and village life.
Written beautifully by award-winning author David Cox, Ayu and the Perfect Moon is a story to be treasured.
ISBN:
9781921720222
9781921720222
Category:
Picture books
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-06-2011
Publisher:
Walker Books Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
32
Dimensions (mm):
260x215x3mm
Weight:
0.17kg
David Cox

David Cox was born and reared in country Queensland. He worked as a jackaroo on outback sheep and cattle stations before enrolling, at 21, at St Martins School of Art in London. Back in Australia he became a newspaper artist, winning a Walkley Award, while also illustrating and writing many award-winning children's books, including four CBCA-shortlisted titles. In fact, he become one of Australia's most prolific book illustrators, with over 30 books published.

In 2007, David won the Dame Annabelle Rankin Award for distinguished services to Children's Literature in Queensland. He released two companion titles to The Road to Goonong: The Fair Dinkum War, recalling his childhood during WWII; and Good Enough for a Sheep Station, exploring his life as a stockman. In 2020, David's book with writer Ella Holcombe about the Victorian Black Saturday fires, The House on the Mountain, was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature's Children's Literature Award.

David works from his home studio in Brisbane, and one of his hobbies is singing. He is coached by his wife, pianist/composer, Betty Beath. Betty and David have written music theatre pieces about St Francis of Assisi, and David regularly acts as cantor at St Phillips Church, which is attached to a Franciscan friary.

David Cox

David Cox was born and reared in country Queensland. He worked as a jackaroo on outback sheep and cattle stations before enrolling, at 21, at St Martins School of Art in London. Back in Australia he became a newspaper artist, winning a Walkley Award, while also illustrating and writing many award-winning children's books, including four CBCA-shortlisted titles.

In 2007 he won the Dame Annabelle Rankin Award for distinguished services to Children's Literature in Queensland. David works from his home studio in Brisbane, and one of his hobbies is singing. He is coached by his wife, pianist/composer, Betty Beath. Betty and David have written music theatre pieces about St Francis of Assisi, and David regularly acts as cantor at St Phillips Church, which is attached to a Franciscan friary.

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