Students studying at the Faculty of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, Northern Territory University, in Darwin, have written a remarkable series of children's books about "Top End" animals.The student-authors are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who participated in a 2-year literacy project.

One of the four books, Gekardo the Gecko, has been translated into eleven languages.

Chapter 1 from Gekardo the Gecko is reproduced here by special permission of the faculty of ATSIS, Northern Territory University.This book title and three others from the Literacy Project can be ordered directly from the NTU Bookshop.