A Question of Colour; my journey to belonging Gift Card Dad teaches the children how

Dad teaches the children how to handle the crabs very carefully so they don’t get nipped

Cheeky sneaks out again to look for more food and practice his flips

This is startlingly vulnerable poetry to heal the earth

whose own family is falling apart in unanticipated ways

Step into Mardjibi's shoes and feel what it's like to visit the city after you have lived your whole life in the bush

A Question of Colour; my journey to belonging Gift Card Dad teaches the children howSHORTLISTED, 2021 NSW PREMIER'S HISTORY AWARDS, DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE FOR NON FICTION SHORTLISTED, 2021 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIERS BOOK AWARDS, PRIZE FOR AN EMERGING WRITER SHORTLISTED, 2021 QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS, QUEENSLAND PREMIERS AWARD FOR A WORK OF STATE SIGNIFICANCE The removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families remains a dark chapter in Australias history. Pattie Lees was just ten years old when she and