To mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence YPRL is bringing you a range of resources to learn more about gender equality.
While gender equality is important, it is also vital that we acknowledge violence disproportionately impacts marginalised groups including Indigenous women and children, Women of Colour and newly arrived communities. Part of combating this is acknowledging the unique strengths and experiences of our everyone within our community.
Seeing people like yourself portrayed positively in media is important. As is seeing people different from yourself in appearance, abilities, and cultures so you can relate to the people around you.
For the holistic health and wellbeing of kids it is important to consider their surrounding environment, including how it can impact their self-image as they learn how to care for themselves and engage with others.
This list features children from a diverse range of backgrounds with unique experiences.
My Country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Written by a mother and son duo, this brightly illustrated picture book is a jubilant journey through a child's home country that celebrates the joys of nature and emphasizes forming a connection with place.
Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer
Whether we share a toy or include someone in a game, all acts of kindness – no matter how big or small – make the world a better place.
I Love Me by Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina
Acclaimed creators Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina celebrate individuality and joyous self-esteem, in bouncy, rhythmic prose and riotous colour.
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
This accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers—children and adults alike.
Once There Was A Boy by Dub Leffler
Once There Was a Boy is a poignant, universal story of friendship, temptation and reconciliation. The disarmingly sweet, simple language in this whimsical children's picture book belies an emotional depth that allows the author to reach out to both the young, and the young at heart.
Welcome to Country by Joy Murphy
An Aboriginal ceremony of Welcome to Country is depicted for the first time in a stunning picture book from two Indigenous Australians. Welcome to the lands of the Wurundjeri people. The people are part of the land, and the land is a part of them.
Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Briggs
Our Home, Our Heartbeat is a celebration of past and present Indigenous legends, as well as emerging generations, and at its heart honours the oldest continuous culture on earth.
In My Heart lyrically explains what an emotion feels like, physically, inside.
Girls Are Pretty and Boys Will Be by Susann Hoffmann
Inclusive, uplifting and celebratory, Girls are Pretty challenges the value that is placed on beauty, and empowers girls to be whoever they want to be. Boys Will Be empowers boys to challenge the age-old assumption that boys will just be boys.
A Friend Like Mine by Samantha Warne
'Being different is ok! That's what makes us shine.' Meet Fletcher and his friends! They all have different abilities and a special outlook on life. 'A Friend Like Mine' is a special book that explores the upside of being different.
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there's one thing that makes a family a family... and that's love.
This book shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds strength in new friendships.
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding your Colour by Monique Fields
Simone wants a color. She asks Mama, "Am I black or white?" "Boo," Mama says, just like mamas do, "a color is just a word." She asks Daddy, "Am I black or white?" "Well," Daddy says, just like daddies do, "you're a little bit of both." For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity. Simone knows her color--she is honeysmoke.
Two Mates is the true story of the special mateship between two young boys who have grown up together in the coastal town of Broome in Australia's north-west. Jack is Indigenous and Raf is a non-Indigenous boy who has spina bifida. Jack and Raf take the reader on a journey of their daily life growing up in Broome.
Written by YPRL Staff Member Sun Pezzimenti