Somebody’s Land

By Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing

Illustrated by David Hardy

Thank you to @allenandunwin for a review copy of this book in exchange for my honest read and review.

Story 📖

One of my personal teaching goals for this year was to seek out literature for children that taught the story of the First Nation’s people and what occurred during colonisation in an age appropriate way. This has been a challenge as the children I teach are aged 3-5 years but this book has helped fill the gap in my library.

Through the illustrations, we learn that when the first colonisation boats came to this country, they said that the land was Terra Nullius. They said it was nobody’s land, but it was somebody’s land.

As we continue through the book, we learn more about what occurred and more about traditional First Nation customs and traditions while the land is being occupied.

They said it was nobody’s land. But it was somebody’s land.

Summary 📖

As teachers, it is important that we share diverse stories of historical events with our students. I am really grateful to have been given this book to review as it led to a lot of insightful discussion with the children and we all enjoyed looking at the illustrations and all the traditional customs we could observe.

Summary 📖

This is a fabulous book and one was needed in my classroom library. It really shares the FNP perspective on the colonisation in Australia in an age appropriate way suited to young readers.

This is a fantastic book and well recommended to young readers aged 4-7 years.

Happy Publication Day!