Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe Place This is her first children’s

This is her first children’s picture book

is an invitation to yana (walk)

colonists and farmers

So Waan hatched a cunning plan

looked away to protect their eyes from the flying dust

Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe Place This is her first children’sSHORTLISTED, 2021 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS BOOK AWARDS, WRITING FOR CHILDREN SHORTLISTED, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, NEW ILLUSTRATOR AWARD NOTABLES, 2021 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS, EVE POWNALL AWARD Told in English and Gija, this is Shirley Purdie's life story, depicted alongside her stunning paintings. In My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe, Shirley shares vignettes of her life