Available Formats
Hardback, Hardback
Published: 1st May 2020
Board book, First Edition, Board Books
Published: 5th January 2022
Novelty book, First Edition, Hardback
Published: 18th November 2020
Our Home, Our Heartbeat
By (Author) Adam Briggs
Illustrated by Kate Moon
Illustrated by Rachael Sarra
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Bright Light Books
1st May 2020
Hardback
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Childrens / Teenage: Social issues / topics
Hardback
24
Width 290mm, Height 240mm, Spine 9mm
Adapted from Briggs celebratedsong'The Children Came Back', Our Home, Our Heartbeatis 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.
Adam Briggs, who performs asBriggs, is anIndigenous Australianrapper,recordlabelowner, comedy writer, and actor. Briggs became well known as a solo rapper, signing withGolden Era Recordsin 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duoA.B. Originalin 2016. Extending his career beyond music, Briggs has appeared in several television series onABC: as a writer and actor for the second season of the sketch comedyBlack Comedyin 2016; playing the role of Maliyan in the drama seriesClevermanin the same year; becoming a regular cast member on news satire programThe Weekly with Charlie Pickering; and more recently a writer for Matt Groening's new show Disenchantment.
Kate Moon is an illustrator, character designer and 3D artist from Melbourne. Shespecialises in character work, visual development and asset production across a wide range of mediums, from animation to print. Kate has worked on major animated campaigns for clients such as Target, Drumstick, Honda and City of Melbourne, as well as feature film projects including Spongebob: Sponge Out of Water, Ghostbusters 2016 and Game of Thrones.
Rachael Sarra isa contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng Country.Rachael uses art as a powerful toolto educate and share Aboriginal culture and its evolution. Rachael's work often challenges and explores society'sperception of what Aboriginal art and identity is.
Rachael graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design from the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane. Herwork Two Worlds was projected onto the William Jolly Bridge, and she has worked with major clients such as Suncorp Super Netball,Life Apparel Co., Concrete Jellyfish Co., Australia Post and Kmart.