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

looked away to protect their eyes from the flying dust

Sad and lonely at the end of the day

with little more than a pound in her pocket

one of Australia’s most unusual mammals

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