Open Your Heart to Country
By Jasmine Seymour
Illustrated by Jasmine Seymour
‘Welcome home lost children To land singing you back home Listen to its language Learn how to speak its song’
From the award-winning creator of Baby Business (2019) and Cooee Mittigar (2019) comes a stunning bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in English and Dharug, Open Your Heart to Country is a moving account of reconnection to Country from a First Nations perspective. Sharing the nourishing power of returning home and being immersed in the language of Country, this picture book invites readers to reflect on the importance of place, not only for First Nations’ peoples but for everyone.
With exquisite illustrations and soft, lilting text, Open Your Heart to Country appeals to the very young, while sharing a deeper message for older readers. A book the whole family can enjoy. 'Open Your Heart to Country is the stunning fourth picture book from Dharug woman and award-winning author/illustrator Jasmine Seymour.
By Jasmine Seymour
Illustrated by Jasmine Seymour
‘Welcome home lost children To land singing you back home Listen to its language Learn how to speak its song’
From the award-winning creator of Baby Business (2019) and Cooee Mittigar (2019) comes a stunning bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in English and Dharug, Open Your Heart to Country is a moving account of reconnection to Country from a First Nations perspective. Sharing the nourishing power of returning home and being immersed in the language of Country, this picture book invites readers to reflect on the importance of place, not only for First Nations’ peoples but for everyone.
With exquisite illustrations and soft, lilting text, Open Your Heart to Country appeals to the very young, while sharing a deeper message for older readers. A book the whole family can enjoy. 'Open Your Heart to Country is the stunning fourth picture book from Dharug woman and award-winning author/illustrator Jasmine Seymour.
By Jasmine Seymour
Illustrated by Jasmine Seymour
‘Welcome home lost children To land singing you back home Listen to its language Learn how to speak its song’
From the award-winning creator of Baby Business (2019) and Cooee Mittigar (2019) comes a stunning bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in English and Dharug, Open Your Heart to Country is a moving account of reconnection to Country from a First Nations perspective. Sharing the nourishing power of returning home and being immersed in the language of Country, this picture book invites readers to reflect on the importance of place, not only for First Nations’ peoples but for everyone.
With exquisite illustrations and soft, lilting text, Open Your Heart to Country appeals to the very young, while sharing a deeper message for older readers. A book the whole family can enjoy. 'Open Your Heart to Country is the stunning fourth picture book from Dharug woman and award-winning author/illustrator Jasmine Seymour.
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Format: Hardback picture book
Dimensions: 25.0 cm x 25.0 cm
Pages: 32
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ISBN: 9781922613769
Publisher: Magabala Books
Release Date: 1 June 2022
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Author: Jasmine Seymour
Illustrator: Jasmine Seymour
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Early Childhood (4-6 yrs)
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FIRST NATIONS
place, welcome, belonging, return, Country, healing, Darug language
