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Possum Skin Cloak

Brief Description
When you are born, your mother and your aunties wrap you in a possum skin. Your possum skin holds you, and you grow together. It tells who you are and where you come from. It keeps you always in the warmth of belonging. Possum Skin Cloak... Read More
Format: Hardback
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When you are born, your mother and your aunties wrap you in a possum skin. Your possum skin holds you, and you grow together. It tells who you are and where you come from. It keeps you always in the warmth of belonging.

Possum Skin Cloak by Sue Lawson and Aunty Fay Muir is a poignant exploration of identity and kinship. This beautifully illustrated book delves into the significance of the possum skin cloak within Indigenous cultures, conveying deep connections to ancestry and community.

Through evocative storytelling, Possum Skin Cloak invites readers to appreciate the cultural heritage and traditions that bind us together, fostering a deep sense of belonging and understanding.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742037226

Publisher: Wild Dog Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 July 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Wild Dog Books

Illustration: Full colour illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Leanne Jones

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Aunty Fay Muir is a senior Boon Wurrung and Wamba Wamba Elder, First Nations community leader and Koori Court Elder. She is a Language Specialist, working as a prison educator in First Nations languages and is a creative language revival consultant and collaborator.

Sue Lawson’s books have won the Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature and have been short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.

Leanne Jones is a contemporary Indigenous Australian Artist. She is a Dharug, Wirradjuri Nyaampa woman who lives and creates on Dharug Country. She is deeply connected to her Culture, Country and Community and has been creating art from a young age and has won many awards. Her Paintings are Representational, to tell stories of Place, Family, History and Culture.

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