Our Home, Our Heartbeat Book and Puzzle Set
By (Author) Adam Briggs
Illustrated by Rachael Sarra
Illustrated by Kate Moon
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Little Hare
18th November 2020
First Edition, 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
Novelty book
32
Width 242mm, Height 212mm
From the number one best-sellingOur Home, Our Heartbeatcomes a stunning puzzle and paperback book set for kids to pore over and enjoy again and again.
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, andmore 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 the 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.