What's Your Story? by Rose Giannone and Bern Emmerichs
Berbay Publishing, Vic, 2013
Hardback, 40 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9806-7-1155
Suggested reading age: 6+
Reviewed by: Indrani Perera
Rating: ****
I seem to be on a bit of an Australian history kick with the picture books lately. Not sure if it's luck or by choice but I am enjoying these books that bring Australian history to younger readers. This one especially with it's theme of everyone having a story and the explanation that even countries have stories.
What's Your Story? introduces young readers to the idea and importance of story and retells the story of Leonard, an orphaned English boy and a young girl, Milba, from the Eora tribe. I really liked Bern Emmerich's illustrations. I'm not sure what the style is called but they were fresh and appealing. My only complaint about this book is that there wasn't a page at the end telling us more about the two main characters and their lives.
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