{"title":"Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"when-the-world-was-soft-by-juluwarlu-group-aboriginal-corporation-9781761180651","title":"When the World Was Soft","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOTABLE BOOK: 2025 CBCA Eve Pownall Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: 2025 NSW Literary Awards, Indigenous Writers' Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: 2025 Fiction Prize, Karajia Award for Children's Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book of the Year, WA Premier's Book Awards\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYindjibarndi believe all creation is written in our landscape and was sung long ago, filling our Ngurra (Country) with sacred meanings and deep religious significance. At the dawn of time, Ngurra Nyujunggamu, the world was soft as clay and the sky was very low. Our Creator, Minkala, sang the songs from which all life and Ngurra evolved. These are some of our stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur grandmothers and grandfathers sing our songs and tell our stories every day, just like our old people long ago sang songs and told stories to their children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd now we are sharing them with you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDynamically illustrated by Alex Mankiewicz with striking artwork by members of the Juluwarlu Art Group, \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Was Soft\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful gift of culture for young and old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary project, an invitation to share in a deep and sacred understanding of Country. \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Was Soft \u003c\/i\u003eimparts a sense of responsibility towards the young, and to Country, and is a testament to the power of communities telling their own stories.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Set to become a graphic literary classic.' \u003c\/b\u003eLaura La Rosa, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46996632830188,"sku":"9781761180651","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1867a5c627d7d291ab7af21839527e8c.jpg?v=1763148774"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/juluwarlu-group-aboriginal-corporation.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}