Goodjagah, little one,
walk with me …
I want to tell you our Dreaming
as the Elders told it to me.
Award-winning storytellers, Gunai woman Kirli Saunders and Bigambul man Dub Leffler, explore a deep love and respect for Country and all her spirits … past, present and beyond.
Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning multidisciplinary artist and consultant. An experienced speaker and facilitator advocating for the environment and equality, Kirli was the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year (2020). In 2022, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts, particularly literature. Kirli’s books, The Incredible Freedom Machines (2018, Scholastic), Kindred (2019, Magabala), Bindi (2020, Magabala) and Our Dreaming (2022, Scholastic) have been celebrated by the Prime Minister’s, QLD, WA, Adelaide, Victorian Premier’s Literary, ABIAs, Kate Challis RAKA, Speech Pathology, ABDA and CBCA awards.
Photo by Salty Dingo Media, courtesy of Scholastic Australia
Dub Leffler is a multi-award-winning illustrator, writer, animator and mixed media artist, working in the arts through books, film, television, muralism and art education. He is descended from the Bigambul and Mandandanji people of southwest Queensland as well as being of French, Syrian and Irish heritage. His award-winning bestselling picture book Once There Was a Boy (2011) received international recognition, was acquired by the Library of Congress and was featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Sorry Day (2018) written by Coral Vass won the CBCA Eve Pownall Award, and Bindi (2020) written by Kirli Saunders was celebrated with countless awards, including the ABIA Small Publisher’s Children’s Book of the Year and the Queensland Literary Awards, Children’s Book Award.
Photo courtesy of Scholastic Australia
Author Kirli Saunders
Illustrator Dub Leffler
Publisher Scholastic Australia
Date of Publication 2022
ISBN 9781742995113
Category Children's Books
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