Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe Place The reader is taken on

The reader is taken on a journey through historic Indigenous rights battles such as the Noonkanbah blockade in 1979

is an invitation to yana (walk)

but he was too busy talking about himself to take any notice…

This is her first children’s picture book

Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe Place The reader is taken onSHORTLISTED, 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