Each Sharing Our Stories Big Book focuses on one Indigenous Australian community. The opening of each book is built around a series of photographs describing the local community setting, and establishing the community in a particular place and time. Following this is one story shared by that particular community, which conveys a message connected to the group's traditions or social conventions. The stories are illustrated with paintings and drawings by children from the local community. Using a mixture of traditional and modern-day influences, the artwork brings the stories to life through the children's personal interpretations. A series of photographic portraits of the children who have created the artwork concludes each book. These photographs are taken in settings that tell us even more about the cultural environment and lifestyle of the child.