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Where?

Author: Collins, Jordan

Illustrator: Lesnie,Phil

Item Code: 100100847

Product Type Book

Format Hardback

ISBN 9781760526382

Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN AUSTRALIA P/L

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Where are you from, they ask.
What they mean is, why is your skin that colour?
Why does your hair look like that?
They don’t care that my molecules were made in the same place as theirs.
Because they see skin that is not like their own and assume that we are so different.

A passionate and heartfelt poem that challenges racism and reminds us of our shared humanity.

When seventeen-year-old school student Jordan Collins read ‘Where?’ at the Woollahra Poet’s Picnic in 2017, the audience was spellbound. Jordan’s heartfelt poem is both a cry of pain and a demonstration of inner strength as it expresses the hurt and anger from being asked ‘where are you from?’. Giving us a deep understanding of the racism inherent in this question, Jordan’s answer reminds us of our shared humanity and takes us on an intergalactic journey past collapsing stars and glowing nebulas that gives incredible scope for Phil Lesnie’s glorious art.

Where? is an important picture book about racism in our society that helps us understand why we all need to do better. It’s passionate, personal, political and filled with beautiful imagery that lends itself to illustration.

Genre: General Fiction Subject: Picture Books Reading Level: Foundation School Year: Pre-School, Foundation Ages: 3 to 5 Page Count: 32

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