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Our Home, Our Heartbeat

Our Home, Our Heartbeat

by Adam BriggsKate Moon and Rachael Sarra
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/07/2025

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A celebratory and ralling call to emerging Indigenous generations forging their own paths.

Adapted from Briggs’ celebrated song 'The Children Came Back', Our Home, Our Heartbeat is a celebration of past and present Indigenous legends, as well as emerging generations, and at its heart honours the oldest continuous culture on earth.

Readers will recognise Briggs' distinctive voice and contagious energy within the pages of Our Home, Our Heartbeat, signifying a new and exciting chapter in children's Indigenous publishing. 

Winner of the ABIA Children’s Book of the Year Award

Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards

A Booktopia FAB Awards Top 10 Book 

JUST RIGHT FOR YOUNG READERS: In addition to introducing readers to Indigenous legends, the read-aloud text mimic’s Brigg’s lyricism, allowing for energetic and engaging story time. 

A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRST NATIONS BOOK:  Contemporary illustration by Kate Moon and Rachael Sarra complement Brigg’s modern descriptive text. 

IMMERSIVE AND INFORMATIVE: Through narrative discovery young readers will be introduced to some of Australia’s Indigenous heroes, and are given the opportunity to learn more at the end of the book. 

HIGH-PROFILE CREATOR: Briggs is a much-loved hip-hop artist, screenwriter and producer. 

IMPORTANT RESOURCE BOOK: Educators, librarians and parents love Our Home Our Heartbeat for its compelling visual storytelling and inspiring role models to help young readers learn about First People’s achievements in our history.  

Perfect for:

Parents, grandparents, and caregivers looking for an engaging book about Australia’s Indigenous legends. 

Teachers, librarians, and educators looking for First Nations and Indigenous stories.

Gift-giving for birthdays, celebrations and graduations.

ISBN:
9781761216145
9781761216145
Category:
Picture storybooks
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-07-2025
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
24
Dimensions (mm):
240x290x9mm
Weight:
0.15kg
Adam Briggs

Adam Briggs, who performs as Briggs, is an Indigenous Australian rapper, recordlabel owner, comedy writer, and actor. Briggs became well known as a solo rapper, signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016.

Extending his career beyond music, Briggs has appeared in several television series on ABC: as a writer and actor for the second season of the sketch comedy Black Comedy in 2016; playing the role of Maliyan in the drama series Cleverman in the same year; becoming a regular cast member on news satire program The Weekly with Charlie Pickering; and more recently a writer for Matt Groening's new show Disenchantment.

Kate Moon

Illustrator Kate Moon is responsible for a wide body of work that includes character design for Sony’s SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water, Ghostbusters: 2016 and as a matte painter for the Emmy award winning Game of Thrones episode Battle of the Bastards. Her work is accessible to school-age children, humorous in tone and unique in style.

Rachael Sarra

Rachael Sarra is an artist and designer whose work is an extension of her being and experiences. As a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng country, Rachael uses art as a powerful tool in storytelling, to educate and share Aboriginal culture and its evolution. Rachael's work often challenges and explores the themes of society's perception of what Aboriginal art and identity is.

Her style is feminine, fun and engaging, yet is strongly drawn from her heritage and her role as an Aboriginal woman in a modern world. Rachael is fuelled by passion to continue exploring her Aboriginality through art and design, with each piece strengthening her identity. Her work 'Two Worlds' was projected onto the William Jolly Bridge in Brisbane, and she has worked with major clients such as Suncorp Super Netball, Life Apparel Co., Concrete Jellyfish Co., Australia Post and Kmart.

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