| ISBN |
9781742589657 paperback |
| Title |
Ngaawily nop / an old story by Kim Scott, Joyce Cockles, Roma Winmar and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project ; with artwork by Roma Winmar and Alta Winmar. |
| Published |
Crawley, W.A. : UWA Publishing, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Description |
36 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Summary |
This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast. A boy goes looking for his uncle. He discovers family and home at the ocean's edge, and finds himself as well. Ngaawily Nop is a story of country and family and belonging. |
| Target audience note |
Primary school age. |
| Language note |
Parallel text in Noongar and English. |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Fiction |
| Human-animal relationships -- Western Australia -- Fiction |
| Snakes -- Western Australia -- Fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| Bilingual books |
| Genre |
Picture books |
| First Nations |
| Other Names |
Scott, Kim, 1957- author. |
| Cockles, Joyce author. |
| Winmar, Roma author, illustrator. |
| Winmar, Alta illustrator. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project contributor. |
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