Our Yarning stories
Department of Children and Families
Improving outcomes for children and families in the Northern Territory.
A series of beautifully-written and colourfully-illustrated books by Aboriginal people for Aboriginal children was launched last month.
Our Yarning?is a free digital library of culturally relevant educational resources that aims to help set up children for success and improve literacy among Aboriginal children. It is offered through digital library platform Library For All.
The target is to create 500 books as part of the Our Yarning collection, partnering with communities and putting learning in the hands of community members.
We’re proud to provide network support for the facilitation of the Our Yarning program in our child and family centres across the Territory.?
Karlene Savage, Territory Families, Housing and Communities Grants and Program Officer, Child and Family Centres, attended the launch at the Darrandirra Child and Family Centre at Malak.
“The official launch for Our Yarning was a fantastic event,” Ms Savage said.
“The program offers a great resource for children and their families to access and share their stories.
“These stories come from local families and one of the highlights at the launch was hearing one of the young ladies, Shinai Bright, read her book to the group – Crocodile in my uncle’s yard.”
Our Yarning aims to address the disproportionate impact of illiteracy and low education attainment among Aboriginal children and young people.
The online books provide access to stories and reading material that mirrors their own, varied experience of the world and their diverse identities across Australia.
The gift of story is a powerful and bonding way of ensuring children learn about the world in which they live – and gain the literacy they need to learn and thrive as they grow older.
Library For All is available offline, requiring no internet.