Wide Big World is a picture book that shows how recognising and embracing what is unique around us can be something wonderful….but it’s up to each of us.

Award-winning author, poet, illustrator and mum, Maxine Beneba-Clarke, has written a powerful children’s book, beautifully illustrated by Isobel Knowles, an award-winning artist and animator who hand painted and collaged each page.

Listen to our interview with Maxine here on Kinderling Conversation with Shevonne Hunt.

To read along with the pictures, get your own copy of the book at your favourite bookstore, or online at Booktopia. Wide Big World is a Lothian Children's Book, published by Hachette Australia.

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