Publisher's Synopsis
'Lyrebirds Remember' is a story about one of Australia's most iconic and beloved birds. Lyrebirds listen to the world around them and learn to mimic the sounds they hear. Generation by generation, Lyrebirds add to their repertoire and pass these 'songs' on to their young. In this way, they have recorded the history of their world and ours. This book tells the story of how the coming of European settlement to the forests of Australian has changed forever the home of the Lyrebirds. The story has a hopeful message for young people to consider how precious our natural environment is and how we must all work to preserve it. This story will help young readers to think about history from the point of view of the natural world.
