New South Books
9798985849455/July 2026/AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99
With minimal text but big powerful imagery this is the sort of book you can share equally with smaller readers as well as bigger ones, offering a philosophical starting point for the concept of ‘we are all one humankind’. Perhaps we could mandate for it to be sent to the reputed ‘leaders’ in positions of power who seem to have lost their way?
Right now you are here…reading this book.
Now imagine what someone else is doing at this exact moment two blocks away.
What about someone across the country? Or an animal on the other side of our big, beautiful planet?
What else is happening round the world, right now?
For those who remember, and still hold, Jeannie Baker’s Mirror as just one example, why not create a whole learning experience around these titles which underline the ‘one-ness’ of us all. In My Garden is another that springs to mind but there are many that fit this important concept of cultural understanding and global perspectives.
This is the first I’ve seen of Olga Fadeeva’s work but it is so striking and evocative as it shows readers that what they are doing is so often replicated by another child on the other side of the world. The endpapers with the starry sky is a wonderful visual metaphor to unpack as well. And, my librarian heart rejoices, the hardback binding has the same artwork as the dustjacket – thank you design team!!
Simple enough and supported so well with the artwork, that it will be a success with Smalls, yet sophisticated enough to be a terrific provocation with older kiddos as well, this one gets a robust one-world 5 🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏rating for readers from Prep upwards.
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