When I Was Little, Like You
East Melbourne
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2003
Z994085
2003
single work
autobiography
picture book
children's
'As Mary Malbunka shares her stories of playing with friends, building cubby houses, climbing trees, collecting sugarbag, digging for honey ants, hunting for lizards, and learning about the seasons, animals and plants, she creates a vivid picture of a truly Australian childhood in which country - ngurra is life itself.
Warm and accessible, this is essentially an oral story, and it contains a number of words in Luritja whose meaning is explained in context and also within an extensive glossary. The book also interprets recurring symbols used in traditional Aboriginal painting.' Publishers blurb: http://www.allenandunwin.com (Sighted jad 11.01.10)
