Weaving Country

Aunty Kim Wandin, Christine Joy, Ashleigh Pugh

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Walker Books
02 July 2025

Picture storybooks; Kids Australian

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 learn this important cultural practice. But when a pair of blue wrens interrupt them, Walert realises that the birds have something to teach her, too.

Featuring Wurundjeri language and glossary, this is a stunning book about learning from Country .

By: Aunty Kim Wandin, Christine Joy
Illustrated by: Ashleigh Pugh
Imprint: Walker Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 295mm,
Weight: 471g
ISBN: 9781760657628
ISBN 10: 176065762X
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 02 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 5 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aunty Kim Wandin, Wurundjeri Elder and senior knowledge holder, is a master-weaver whose artistic works are held in state and private collections, and for many years has used the spoken and written word to build cultural bridges. Christine Joy has worked many years on collaborative projects in the cultural and environmental education sector, published curriculum materials for teachers and coordinated Children's Bookweek events and exhibitions of children's literature in cultural organisations. Illustrator Ashleigh Pugh is a descendant of Whadjuk ballardong, who has developed her own distinctive style of blending traditional wood burning technique with painting. In 2020, Ashleigh won Best Landscape for the Linden Art Gallery Postcard Prize.