"Sharing: Our Place" By Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson, Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illustrator)
“Sharing: Our Place” is a warm and lyrical picture book that explores the importance of sharing - not just material things, but also knowledge, time, stories, and care. Set within the framework of First Nations wisdom, this book gently shows how sharing strengthens relationships and communities.
The third title in the acclaimed Our Place series, following Respect and Family, this story is co-written by Aunty Fay Muir, a Boon Wurrung Elder, and Sue Lawson, who respectfully collaborates with Elders to amplify First Nations voices. The book is beautifully illustrated by Leanne Mulgo Watson, whose artwork adds a rich layer of cultural symbolism and warmth.
Perfect for classroom discussions, storytimes, or bedtime, Sharing promotes kindness, understanding, and a sense of collective responsibility.
- ISBN: 9781925768749
- ISBN-10: 1925768740
- Audience: Children
- For Ages: 3+ years old
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 32
- Published: 1st November 2021
- Publisher: Magabala Books
- Country of Publication: AU
- Dimensions (cm): 25.7 x 25.7 x 0.9
- Weight (kg): 0.4
More About The Artist
More About The Artist
About Aunty Fay Muir
About Aunty Fay Muir
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
From Rose Park Community Centre: Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges encourages openness to diverse perspectives, enhancing all children’s experiences with the longest surviving Indigenous culture of the world and the custodians of this land. In the Kuula room, music plays an important role in development. Educators often use song as another means of knowledge building, playing all genres of music from jazz to hip hop and everything culturally diverse in between. Through consultation with Aboriginal Elders, the embedment of Kaurna language in program and practice further enhances children’s experiences. Song plays a crucial role in achieving this. Music is universal, songs that are sang in language, create moments of connection for all. Children model to their families the Kaurna songs, words and actions that they learn whilst at care. Kaurna words are spoken through everyday conversation, in particular through greetings, the “care for country” song in which is unpacked and modified in accordance with each room’s developmental understanding and the names of the animals on country. We acknowledge that we all have so much more to work towards, but the foundations for knowledge, the openness and willingness to learn is evident and to start somewhere is better than not starting at all.
From Rose Park Community Centre: Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges encourages openness to diverse perspectives, enhancing all children’s experiences with the longest surviving Indigenous culture of the world and the custodians of this land. In the Kuula room, music plays an important role in development. Educators often use song as another means of knowledge building, playing all genres of music from jazz to hip hop and everything culturally diverse in between. Through consultation with Aboriginal Elders, the embedment of Kaurna language in program and practice further enhances children’s experiences. Song plays a crucial role in achieving this. Music is universal, songs that are sang in language, create moments of connection for all. Children model to their families the Kaurna songs, words and actions that they learn whilst at care. Kaurna words are spoken through everyday conversation, in particular through greetings, the “care for country” song in which is unpacked and modified in accordance with each room’s developmental understanding and the names of the animals on country. We acknowledge that we all have so much more to work towards, but the foundations for knowledge, the openness and willingness to learn is evident and to start somewhere is better than not starting at all.