WHERE?

A passionate, personal and political picture book that calls out racism from an important new voice, illustrated by the acclaimed artist of Feathers.

Where are you from?' they say. What they mean is, 'Why is your skin that colour?' 'Why does your hair look like that?' I am from the mountains, The seas and the sky. I am from children of millions of years, A timeline of humanity. I am from this planet And all others. A heartfelt picture book that is both a cry of pain and a demonstration of inner strength, which takes us on an intergalactic journey past collapsing stars and glowing nebulae to remind us not of our differences but of our shared humanity. "I'm from the same place as you are, so no need to ask me again." Jordan Collins was born in Chicago, moved to Australia when they were eight, and now lives in Sydney. Jordan is African-American-Greek-Australian, which means they have dark skin and curly hair. Where? began as a slam poem that Jordan wrote after a lifetime of being asked questions like, 'where are you from?'. They first performed the poem at the Poet's Picnic when they were fourteen. Where? has now been transformed into Jordan's debut picture book. Phil Lesnie is an acclaimed Sydney based illustrator of children's books. They work primarily in watercolour because even mistakes look lovely in watercolour. Their picture book Feathers, written by Phil Cummings, was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and their first three books were CBCA Notable Books.