Afloat / Kirli Saunders ; [illustrations by] Freya Blackwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Kirli, author.

Contributor:

Blackwood, Freya, illustrator.

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weaving--Juvenile fiction.

Weaving.

Communities--Juvenile fiction.

Communities.

Aboriginal Australians--Juvenile fiction.

Aboriginal Australians.

Elders (Indigenous leaders), Aboriginal Australian--Juvenile fiction.

Elders (Indigenous leaders), Aboriginal Australian.

Global warming--Juvenile fiction.

Global warming.

Indigenous peoples--Juvenile fiction.

Indigenous peoples.

Elders (Indigenous leaders)--Juvenile fiction.

Elders (Indigenous leaders).

Communities--Fiction.

Aboriginal Australians--Fiction.

Elders (Indigenous leaders), Aboriginal Australian--Fiction.

Global warming--Fiction.

Genre:

Ecofiction.

Picture books.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[Montclair, New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2025.

Summary:

Roam the water with me. We are here to learn. Here to spin wisdom, to grow ... From award-winning Gunai author Kirli Saunders and seven-time CBCA-winner Freya Blackwood comes Afloat, a story told in a time of climate crisis. Against a backdrop of a changed environment, an Elder leads a child along the waterways, sharing her People's knowledge and gathering community along the way. Afloat is an uplifting and inspiring picture book that uses the practice of weaving as a powerful metaphor for the honouring and teaching of First Nations wisdom, and the coming together of all people to survive, thrive and create a more hopeful future.

Notes:

"Originally published in Australia in 2024 by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing."--Page facing title page.

ISBN:

9781646145072

1646145070

OCLC:

1504423202