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Hon Ken Wyatt READ Rocky and Louie!
This book came about after I toured the East Kimberley visiting some very isolated communities. I left with a sense of purpose. I wanted to use my skills and my connections in the publishing world to help bring a book into being that featured the unique lives of the Aboriginal kids I'd met. I wanted those kids to be able to see themselves on the pages.
In the beginning I didn't really know how to achieve my goal but then one day I heard Phil Walley-Stack on the radio talking about belonging to country and everything fell into place.
Phil and I wanted to write a story together as soon as we met, a story about two modern day Aboriginal boys growing up in the remote heart of our beautiful land, a story about two boys with culture and strength, a story about two boys whose hearts are full of love...
This is my co-author, Phil. He's a Noongar man who plays a deadly didgeridoo and knows all about belonging to country.
Have a look at his website and fan page. He's a very cool guy!
http://www.walleystack.com/
https://www.facebook.com/philwalleystackmusic/
Have a look at his website and fan page. He's a very cool guy!
http://www.walleystack.com/
https://www.facebook.com/philwalleystackmusic/
And this is our illustrator, Dub Leffler. He's the guy who illustrated The Sorry Day Book.
Check out his website too.
http://dubleffler.com/
He is descended from the Bigambul and Mandandanji people of south-west Queensland and he's the country's top indigenous illustrator.
Amazingly, when we were deciding who should illustrate Rocky and Louie I called the librarian who had taken me up to the Kimberley and guess who she was taking up there that year? Yup! Our man Dub.
Check out his website too.
http://dubleffler.com/
He is descended from the Bigambul and Mandandanji people of south-west Queensland and he's the country's top indigenous illustrator.
Amazingly, when we were deciding who should illustrate Rocky and Louie I called the librarian who had taken me up to the Kimberley and guess who she was taking up there that year? Yup! Our man Dub.