SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jalunji Yulba Mujal-mujal' | Kuku Yalanji Language Books

Join Mother Judy, Aunty Clara, sisters Ruby and Katy and my friend Lily as we head down to the beach and collect mussels in the mangroves for the morning.The Collecting & Gatherering Books form a series of adventures following a group of Kuku Yalanji Jalbu-Jalbu who gather and collect mayi.

Sheryl J. Burchill also known by her Aboriginal name as Walbul-walbul is a first time author and illustrator to "Jalunji yulba mujal-mujal" (Collecting saltwater mussels). She has been a Contemporary Indigenous Artist most of her life with a Diploma in Visual Arts. Images from her art also assist the sales of merchandise and products. A self-proclaimed advocate for recording, storing, protecting and sharing Aboriginal culture, one of the oldest living Cultures in the world and her Kuku Yalanji Culture. So it seems a natural progression for her to write, create and publish Kuku Yalanji language books with stories from the past and present still being handed down to her. Sheryl is a proud mother of two adult sons and lives in the beautiful Daintree Region where the lush Rainforest is one of the oldest Rainforests in the world and really does meet the wondrous Great Barrier Reef.

SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jalunji Yulba Mujal-mujal' | Kuku Yalanji Language Books

ISBN: 978-0-9944360-4-7