Shortlisted, Picture Book Category, West Australian Young Readers Award 2015

What’s Your Story? is a beautiful children’s book set against the backdrop of the First Settlement of Australia.

It describes the friendship of a little orphan boy from England, Leonard, and the friendship he strikes with a little Aboriginal girl called Milba.

Leonard and Milba are mesmerised by the zpeculiarity of each others’ worlds. It is an intimate first love story played against a huge backdrop of drama and discovery.

Bern Emmerichs’ stunning illustrations have been created by using large hand-painted ceramic tiles, which remarkably involved each colour on each tile being individually fired, which have then been photographed and overladen with the author's text.

About the Author
Rose's greatest desire is to be a racantour in the grand tradition - listening to stories and the oral recounting of story telling both invented and told. What's Your Story? is her first foray and adventure into children's writing.

About the Illustrator
Bern Emmerichs is a highly celebrated artist in Australia. Her works are in the Australian National Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria and collections all around the world. Bern Emmerichs is renowned for her work which explores historical narratives of Australia's First Settlement.