Yawulyu by Megan Morais, Lucy Nampijinpa Martin, Myf Turpin

Yawulyu by Megan Morais, Lucy Nampijinpa Martin, Myf TurpinWarlpiri people commemorate and maintain their relationship with their ancestors and the natural order of the cosmos by re enacting the events of the Jukurrpa (the Dreaming). They do this, in part, by painting up while singing pertinent songs, as well as performing dances and ritual actions sanctioned by the Jukurrpa. From May 1981 to June 1982, ethnochoreologist Megan Morais lived in Willowra in the Northern Territory, working with the Warlpiri

and Warramurrunundji the Earth Mother all pass through the region and are important Ancestral Beings for local Aboriginal people

features an adventurous emu chick called Stripey

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are still living on the line

Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous

Long-listed for the 2021 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children

an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist

or a government sailing at half-mast

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illuminating the loves and lives

they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don't work for theirs