Wuunjoo - The Boy Who Ate Too Much Coal CBCA 2022 Notables Younger Readers To stop the wedding

To stop the wedding

As a second-generation migrant

Vithy has lost everyone and everything he loved – except his older brother

The book features gorgeously hand painted images of Australian flora and fauna

All aboard

Wuunjoo - The Boy Who Ate Too Much Coal CBCA 2022 Notables Younger Readers To stop the weddingJoin proud Yidinji man, Trevor Fourmile, as he recounts the Far North Queensland Dreamtime story of Wuunjoo, a young boy who became addicted to the taste of the bloodwood branch coals and eventually turned into a crane. These days, if you look carefully, you can see Wuunjoo's footprint as he hopped across the rocks and mountains.