Etta and the Shadow Taboo

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Where is theirs
And where is mine
To hurt a shadow
Is surely a crime

When Etta steps on Baawaas (her sister's) shadow, she learns of the Shadow Taboo, and learnsto value thepersonal space of others, as well as her own.

Written by Gamilaraay author JM Field and illustrated by Ngarabal/Gomeroi artist Jeremy Worrall, Etta and the Shadow Taboo will invite readers to follow a Gamilaraay tradition where one must avoid stepping on the shadows of others.

Author Bio

JM Field grew up on waterfall country, in a small town along the Great Dividing Range on Dharug land. He is, however, a Gamilaraay Guwaymadhaan mari from Moree way, where the red sand meets the black soil. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney in mathematics and French literature, followed by a doctorate in Mathematical Biology at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He is still a research mathematician, but fills his spare time writing.

Jeremy Worrall is aNgarabal/Gomeroi multimedia artist.As ayoung First Nationsman, Jeremy specialisesin First Nations multimedia, working on a range of government and private projects for community. He is also working on apersonal project that explores the visual representation of the Dreamtime and provides a platformfor First Nations people to share their stories.