The Pangkarlangu and the lost child : A Dreaming narrative belonging to Molly Tasman Napurrurla

ABORIGINAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS –

A traditional Walrpiri Dreaming narrative, belonging to Molly Tasman Napurrurla from the Tanami Desert.

It tells the story of a small boy who decides to ignore his parents’ advice and follow them out hunting and how he comes face to face with a huge creature with wild eyes, knotty hair, and long sharp nails and teeth – the Pangkarlangu

• 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., map, port. ; 24 cm. #150625

• For primary school children.

  First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Stories and motifs – Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
  • Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
  • Lajamanu / Hooker Creek (Central NT SE52-08, SE52-12)

  Subject:

  • Aboriginal Australians — Folklore — Juvenile literature
  • Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) — Juvenile literature
  • Missing children — Juvenile literature
  • Monsters — Juvenile literature