Our island lies beneath a big blue sky, surrounded by the turquoise sea. Turtles glide through the clear salt water, and dugongs graze on banks of seagrass. In this lyrical celebration of place, the children of Mornington Island explore their home in words and pictures. This is a collaboration with much-loved children's picture-book creators authors Alison Lester and Elizabeth Honey. All royalties from Our Island and one dollar from the sale of each copy are donated to Mornington Island State School to fund art projects in the community.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

There are 34 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Alison Lester is one of Australia's best picture-book makers. Her books include: Imagine, Magic Beach, My Farm, Yikes! and Alice and Aldo. Alison Lester was Australia's Children's Laureate in 2012 and 2013. Elizabeth Honey is an award-winning Australian writer and illustrator of poetry, picture books and novels for children. Greame Base was born in 1958 in England but has lived most of his life in Australia. He has written and illustrated a number of children's titles: Animalia, The Eleventh Hour, The Sign of the Seahorse and The Discovery of Dragons.