At the beginning of the world, it was dark and silent and nothing stirred anywhere, until a voice roused the sleeping Sun Mother in the sky, telling her it was time to wake up all the creatures of the earth. The indigenous people of Australia believe that their first ancestors created the world and its laws. They also believe that the world is still being created in a continual process they call The Dreamtime.

• ISBN: 9780688139162
• Author: Wolkstein, Diane
• Illustrator: Bancroft, Bronwyn
• Published: 2004 , HarperCollins
• Themes: Aboriginal Australians, ancestors, creation, Indigenous, Tradition
• Descriptors: Australia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32