Christine Joy

Stunning picture book celebrating working together, sharing important lessons from Country, and featuring First Nations language‘Around and around they go,’ says Walert looking at Gugung’s hands turning the wheel of woven reeds, growing slowly and surely, bigger and bigger.Walert's grandmother, Gugung, is collecting reeds (djirra) to weave a basket (binak) and finally, Walert is big enough to take part and...

Weaving Country is a stunning picture book celebrating the importance of working together and sharing lessons from the land, featuring the beautiful First Nations language. ‘Around and around they go,’ says Walert, watching Gugung’s hands as they turn the wheel of woven reeds, growing slowly and surely, bigger and bigger. Walert's grandmother, Gugung, is collecting reeds (djirra) to weave a...