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Author Purdie, Shirley, 1948-, author, illustrator

Title Ngaginybe Jarragbe = My story / Shirley Purdie ; Gija translation by Eileen Bray
Edition English & Gija
Published Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2020
©2020

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 W'PONDS CRC  305.89915 Pur/Njm  AVAILABLE
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Series Kimberley Art Centre series
Summary I am Shirley Purdie. This is my story. Ngayin-ga Birrmarriyan-nga. Berrembi jarragbe ngaginybe. My mother shows me how to get bushtucker and she shows me how to paint. Now I'm a famous artist. My paintings are all over the world hanging in important places. Happy times. Told in English and Gija, this is the story of Shirley Purdie, famous Gija artist, as told through her paintings, as part of the Ngaalim-Ngalimboorro Ngagenybe exhibition created for the 2018 National Portrait Gallery exhibition So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Notes For ages 6+ years
Text in English and Gija
Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) 2021 Award For New Illustrators
Subject Purdie, Shirley, 1948- -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Purdie, Shirley, 1948- -- Juvenile literature
Purdie, Shirley, 1948- -- Family -- Juvenile literature
Women artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Storytelling -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Bilingual books -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction
Children's stories -- Pictorial works
Australian fiction
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biograpy -- Juvenile literature
Women artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile literature
Kitja (Australian people) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile literature
Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Picture books.
Author Bray, Eileen, translator
ISBN 9781925936131
1925936139
Other Titles My story