Possum Skin Cloak by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson (Hard Back)

When you are born your mother and your aunties wrap you in a possum skin. Your possum skin holds you and you grow together. It tells who you are and where you come from. It keeps you always in the warmth of belonging.

About the Author

Aunty Fay Muir is a senior Boon Wurrung and Wamba Wamba Elder, First Nations community leader and Koori Court Elder. She is a Language Specialist, working as a prison educator in First Nations languages and is a creative language revival consultant and collaborator.

Award-winning Australian author Sue Lawson writes books for children and young adults. Her books include The Biscuit Maker, illustrated by Liz Anelli and young adult novels Freedom Ride, shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and the NSW and WA Premier’s Literary Awards, and Pan’s Whisper, which won the Australian Family Therapist Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award.

ISBN: 9781742037226