TEACHERS NOTES

Eat The Sky, Drink The Ocean

Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean is a perfect text to support and enrich learning in literacy, critical and creative thinking, and intercultural understanding.

The stories are a rich resource and starting point for investigating South Asian culture and history. As an example of cross-cultural collaboration, the stories invite engagement on multiple levels. The balance of prose and graphically illustrated short stories mean readers of all abilities will find a point of entry in discussions about the book.

Ananda Braxton Smith and the Asia Education Foundation have authored an in-depth set of teachers notes.

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Annie Zaidi & Mandy Ord’s graphic short story was adapted into an animation . Annie Zaidi provided the voice-over. Watch it here:, Anarkali on Radiotonic - ABC Radio National

Urvashi Butalia is the founder of the publishing house Zubaan. Watch Urvashi talks about the importance of writing fearlessly and of helping everyone to share their stories.

Behind The Book: Eat The Sky, Drink The Ocean

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Walking through Walls
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Hungry for the world
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Hungry for the world
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Wednesday is the most mysterious day of the week
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Wednesday is the most mysterious day of the week
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Eat the Sky
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India Dark, The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, The Lilliputians, Vulture’s Gate, Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish, Bridie’s Fire, Becoming Billy Dare, A Prayer for Blue Delaney, The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong, Walking Home with Marie-Claire, Children of the Wind Series, Strangers on Country, Kids Who Did, Topsy-turvy World, A Penny to Remember, The Red Camel, The Clever Cats Book Club, When Billy was a Dog, Eat the Sky
Watch this space
India Dark, The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, The Lilliputians, Vulture’s Gate, Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish, Bridie’s Fire, Becoming Billy Dare, A Prayer for Blue Delaney, The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong, Walking Home with Marie-Claire, Children of the Wind Series, Strangers on Country, Kids Who Did, Topsy-turvy World, A Penny to Remember, The Red Camel, The Clever Cats Book Club, When Billy was a Dog, Eat the Sky
India Dark, The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, The Lilliputians, Vulture’s Gate, Zarconi’s Magic Flying Fish, Bridie’s Fire, Becoming Billy Dare, A Prayer for Blue Delaney, The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong, Walking Home with Marie-Claire, Children of the Wind Series, Strangers on Country, Kids Who Did, Topsy-turvy World, A Penny to Remember, The Red Camel, The Clever Cats Book Club, When Billy was a Dog, Eat the Sky

Teachers on Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean in the Classroom

Wow, wow and wow.
Secondary school teachers, this may be the only book you need for the semester. There are 17 thought provoking short stories in this collection. Some are prose and several are graphic, therefore they should appeal to even reluctant readers. So many issues to discuss, so many futuristic scenarios, places and inventions to imagine and elaborate on.
Space does not permit a comment on every story – some left me bereft, some gave me hope – how will you challenge your students to engage with each one?
Could your students collaborate and produce their own story?
But wait, there’s more. There are notes by the authors and about the authors. All 20 of them. These lead to websites with background information and blogs and inspiration. Students could be set the task of selecting an author or illustrator to research and write about.
The back cover invites you to “plunge in and enjoy!” I say, please do, and take your students with you.


Lois Best, ESL, WA