| The Story of Karrawingi the Emu | |
| Author: | Leslie Rees |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's fiction |
| Publisher: | John Sands |
| Release Date: | 1946 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 43pp |
| Preceded By: | Gecko : The Lizard Who Lost His Tail |
| Followed By: | Digit Dick and the Tasmanian Devil |
The Story of Karrawingi the Emu (1946) is an illustrated children's book by Australian author Leslie Rees and illustrator Walter Cunningham. It won the in 1946.[1]
The book tells the story of the life of the noble Australian Emu packed with action, adventure and the sense of racing speed that is part of an emu's heritage.
A note in The Western Mail stated: "The prose and the illustrations unfold the life story of an emu, giving a spice of adventure, a little natural history and a great deal of realism in story-telling and ability in illustration."[2]