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Dec 2022
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Isaiah Firebrace: teaching kids about o...

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You may know Isaiah Firebrace from the X Factor or Eurovision.  Well he’s written a new children’s book - Come Together - things every kid should know about our First Peoples

 

Isaiah joins Rhianna to explain the book is a heart-warming, debut picture book for children aged 5 and up, inspired by Isaiah’s petition to the Australian Government calling for Aboriginal history to be taught in every classroom.  

 

Come Together will make every Aussie kid proud that we are home to the longest continuing culture on Earth!  The book is available now.

 

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