Description
Title: Jarrampa
Author: COOK MARSHIA
Illustrator: BAKER CAZARUS
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 10/05/2022
Imprint: INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION
Price: $25.00
Publishing status: Active
Jarrampa are yabbies – they are very tasty to eat but a challenge to catch because of those claws. One old woman had a clever way of catching them – she put meat between her toes and then immersed them into the billbong. ,a cloth, and then put the yabbies into a bucket. Later the whole family gathered around the campfire to share in a as a delicious meal of yabbies.
This bilingual book – in Walmajarri and English – was produced in a workshop with ILF ambassador Alison Lester.
About the author and illustrators: Marshia Cook lives in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia with her family. This is her first book but she has more planned, more books in her language of which there are currently so few. Tamua Nuggett and Cazarus Baker are her children.
ISBN: 9780648928041
Weight: 356gr
Dimension: 267mm X 220mm
Pages: 24