Give the gift of Reading!
Beautiful cards with a social impact
Our Give the Gift of Reading cards feature stunning artworks from budding illustrators from Vincentia and Fitzroy Crossing Communities.
When you purchase a card, you’re gifting culturally relevant books to children living in remote Australia.
Perfect for birthdays, a special thank you, festive giving or keeping in touch!
Make a tax-deductible donation of $20, $50 or $100 on behalf of a friend or family member, and we will send you one of the following beautiful cards:
$20 card - gifts two books to Community
$50 card - gifts five books to Community
$100 card - gifts ten books to Community
Get a beautiful printed card sent to your door.
Printed Cards
Posted to you. Includes $3 donation towards postage
Jarrampa (Cherabin) - Physical Card
$23Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting two new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Hunting - Physical Card
$23Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting two new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Jarranga (Buffalo) - Physical Card
Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting five new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
$53Sold Out
Gumtree - Physical Card
$53Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting five new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Firuwood (Firewood) - Physical Card
$53Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting five new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
muggura - ngayawanj bagan-nggul (home - we belong to the land) - Physical Card
$103Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting ten new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
muriyira - ngayawanj barra barra-nggul (whale - we belong to the sea) - Physical Card
$103Includes $3 donation towards postage. A tax deductible donation gifting ten new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Send your gift via email and share a message right away.
You can include a message, and send as many cards as you like, to whoever you like! As long as you have their email address.
We will send a beautiful email with the illustration, including the story of the book it came from.
Digital Cards
Include a message of your choice and we will email your card straight away
Jarrampa (Cherabin) - Digital Card
$20Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting two new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Hunting - Digital Card
$20Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting two new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Gumtree - Digital Card
$50Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting five new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
Firuwood (Firewood) - Digital Card
$50Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting five new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
muggura - ngayawanj bagan-nggul (home - we belong to the land) - Digital Card
$100Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting ten new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
muriyira - ngayawanj barra barra-nggul (whale - we belong to the sea) - Digital Card
$100Emailed with your message. A tax deductible donation gifting ten new, culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities.
About the illustrations
ILF publishes dozens of books each year, books that have been written and illustrated by adults and children living in remote Indigenous Communities. Some Communities wish to have their books commercially available; others wish to have their books for their children and Community only.
Many commercial books are bilingual, others are in a First Language, while a few are written in English with selected words in a First Language. ILF funds the publishing of books and gifts published books back to the Community for their children to read again and again. The illustrations from the Give the Gift of Reading cards are all from ILF’s Community Publishing Projects program.
Jarrampa (cherabin)
The jarrampa is an illustration from a beautiful bilingual book titled Jarrampa, published by ILF in 2021 and written by Fitzroy Crossing first time author Marshia Cook. The story follows an old woman who has a clever way of catching cherabin by putting meat between her toes and then putting her feet in a billabong. Written in Walmajarri and English, the book is a delightful read for children 3+ and available for purchase here.
Illustration from Purlka ngamaji Kakaji (Big Fat Mummy Goanna)
Purlka ngamaji Kakaji is a book about a family hunting for goanna and how mummy goannas are protected because they lay eggs, ensuring many more goannas will grow and be available to hunt. Written by Fitzroy Crossing author Emma Bear, in Walmajarri and English the book shares a valuable lesson about how to sustain a food source. It is suitable for children aged 4+ and available for purchase here.
Firuwood (Firewood)
The Moon Story is a perfect bedtime story. This beautifully illustrated book follows a family from Fitzroy Crossing as they go camping under the moon and stars.
The story is bilingual, in Kriol and English, written and illustrated by Marshia Cook with some illustrations by Tamua Nuggett.
Gumtree
The Moon Story is a perfect bedtime story. This beautifully illustrated book follows a family from Fitzroy Crossing as they go camping under the moon and stars.
The story is bilingual, in Kriol and English, written and illustrated by Marshia Cook with some illustrations by Tamua Nuggett.
muriyira - ngayawanj barra barra-nggul
(whale - we belong to the sea)
ngayawanj bagan-nggul, ngayawanj barra barra-nggul is a collection of poems and stories in Dhurga and English, by students from Vincentia High School.
The accompanying artwork, created by the students for the Community, honours the people and Country to which they belong. Written and illustrated by Vincentia High School, with Kirli Saunders and Jaz Corr.
muggura - ngayawanj bagan-nggul
(home - we belong to the land)
ngayawanj bagan-nggul, ngayawanj barra barra-nggul is a collection of poems and stories in Dhurga and English, by students from Vincentia High School.
The accompanying artwork, created by the students for the Community, honours the people and Country to which they belong. Written and illustrated by Vincentia High School, with Kirli Saunders and Jaz Corr.
