"I wake with a start. The doorknob turns. It's him. The Hairyman."

There's a bad spirit in our house. He's as ugly as ugly gets and he stinks. You touch this kind of Hairyman and you lose your voice, or choke to death.

It's hard to sleep when a hairy wrinkly old hand might grab you in the night. And in the day you've got to watch yourself. It can be rough. Words come yelling at you that hurt.

Alive with humor, My Girragundji is the vivid story of a boy growing up between two worlds. With the little green tree frog as a friend, the bullies at school don't seem so big anymore. And Girragundji gives him the courage to face his fears.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Allen & Unwin .

Meme McDonald is a graduate of Victoria College of the Arts Drama School. She began her career as a theater and festival director, specializing in creating large-scale outdoor performance events. Since then she has worked as a multi-award-winning writer, photographer, and on film projects. Boori Monty Pryor is a multi-talented performer who has worked in film, television, modeling, sports, music and theater-in-education. Boori was Australia's inaugural Children's Laureate in 2012 and 2013.