Bush Tukka Guide for Kids Book
Book Review
Bush Tukka Guide for Kids Book
This book titled Bush Tukka Guide for Kids Book is a book aimed at an audience of readers aged 7-12 and as the name suggests talks about Australian bush foods and their interaction and uses by Indigenous culture.
This book starts out providing an overview of indigenous culture and but in a book aimed at kids the front end of the book is a bit text heavy. Where kids and for that matter adults will really get into this book is is when the discussion of bush tukka starts. The book is broken into sections starting with plants, then animals which also includes insects and seafood, before moving onto proving some recipes which I wasn’t expecting.
These sections are well set out describing the particular plant/animal including an easy to read description, and then cultural and other uses. The recipes look simple enough to make, and good enough for both kids and adults alike. There is a small section that talks about where to buy the necessary products but thats more about the spices and the freeze dried product. For this those of you in warmer climate there is a Lilly Pilly Popsicles recipe which I’m keen to try once the berries become ripe in my local area. I must admit that had to look for crocodile mince and meat, and managed to find it in one of our specialty butchers so will be keen to try out these recipes over the coming months.
As an adult I enjoyed this book but suggest that at 144 pages in length younger children will probably only cherry pick through the book whereas older readers swill get the most from whats on offer.
Chapters
Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgement
- About me
- Dera Bush Tucker Explorers
- So, what is bush tukka?
- Teachings from my ancestors
- Our land, our Country
- A bush tukka garden
- Plants
- Animals
- Recipes
- Where to buy Busk Tukka
We Like
- This book explains the concept of ‘Bush Tukka’ in an easy to read but comprehensive manner
- The descriptions and images help to build the picture of each type of bush tukka including insects, animals, and plants
We Don't Like
- This is a very good book supposedly aimed at readers 7-12 but I’d suggest a slightly older audience
- A bit text heavy in the start
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You can purchase Bush Tukka Guide for Kids Book from Amazon Australia
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Investment
- AUD $24.00 RRP (paperback version)
- Kindle version also available
Bush Tukka book cover
Bush Tukka Animal-Insect-based-spread
Bush Tukka Plant based page spread example from
Bush Tukka Recipe
Disclaimer
This review was done with a copy of the book provided by the publisher
Last updated
31 March 2026