1. Board books
2. Bush tucker
3. Family
4. Food
5. Hunting and gathering
6. Indigenous languages
7. Sharing

Told in the first person this board book tells of three women, the narrator and her two cousins who set out in their red car to gather bush tomatoes. They come across a large patch and work until their bags were full. At home they break open the tomatoes scrap out the bitter seeds and enjoy a good feed of the juicy bush tomatoes.

The book was developed at a workshop for local women facilitated by Baya Gawiy Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia. The creators worked with ILF Ambassador Alison Lester, children’s author Jane Godwin and book designer Lee Burgemeestre.

The bush tomato is a fast-growing shrub native to the arid desert regions of Central Australia and into the east Kimberley region of Western Australia. Bush tomatoes have been an important bush-food staple for Indigenous Australians for thousands of years.

Delphine Standley is an Indigenous woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Translator Brenda Shaw is a Gooniyandi woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

1. SBS/NITV 11 March 2024. Rachel Knowles reports ‘These Fitzroy Crossing women are teaching their languages through bright and bold picture books’ https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/these-fitzroy-crossing-women-are-teaching-their-languages-through-bright-and-bold-picture-books/5cha49jrh
2. Indigenous Literacy Foundation News. ‘Women at the Baya Gawiy Buga Yani Jandu Yani u Centre create books to preserve language.’ https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/news-events/women-at-the-baya-gawiy-buga-yani-jandu-yani-u-centre-create-books-to-preserve-language
3. Warndu - Bush tomato https://warndu.com/blogs/first-nations-food-guide/warndus-bush-tomato?’
4. National Science Week 2021 – ‘Bush tomato’ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4376403265740210