About
An adventure to meet your ancestors!
Do you want to meet your Grandma? is a humorous, insightful and interactive book for young children about our shared universal ancestors. Through delightful rhymes and enchanting watercolour illustrations, it explores not just who these ancestors were and how we are still like them, but what our ancestor grandmothers might have to teach us about living full, happy and meaningful lives. Complete with moments of suspense and hilarious reactions, this is not just a story of human evolution, but that of the whole universe. Young readers will love its humour and playfulness and adults will appreciate its original take on evolution, wonder and life.
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Book Features
*Ideal for children ages 3 to 11 years old
*Resonates year-round as a go to gift for birthdays and other celebrations
*Perfect for parents, grandparents, and caregivers seeking to inspire their young to build a more loving and connected world
Add it to the shelf with “Here we are” by Oliver Jeffers, “The Lorax” by Dr Seuss and
“Welcome to Country” by Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy
Would you like to meet your Grandmas?
Positive and Universal Messages
Universal and positive messages about our connections to each other, the planet and the whole universe
Young readers will love its humour and playfulness and adults will appreciate its original take on evolution, wonder and life
Hughie Anderson-Moore (age 11)
"What I like about it, is its all true. And I love what your saying, be true, be kind, be dazzling.
You're just going to make the world a better place with that book. Thankyou for writing it."
Interviews
Talanoa with Dr T
Listen to SV Middleby talanoa with the wonderful Fijian Dr Tarisi Sorovi-Vunidilo about writing Do you want to meet your Grandma? in collaboration with Aunty Fonu.
A Collaboration between an Australian Author and a Oceanic Artist
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SV Middleby
About the Author
SV Middleby is an author, academic and former diplomat. She has made a home in Oceania this last 20 years where she has worked on regional peace, stability and prosperity. She is committed to contributing to a more loving region and world through work that connects rather than divides us. She currently lives on Ngunnawal country where she was born.
Aunty Fonu
About the illustrator
Auntie Fonu is an Oceanian artist and visual storyteller. Guided by a desireto contribute to Culture and an emotionally intelligent and kind humanity; Auntie Fonu celebrates earth knowledge, Oneness, resilient exuberance, and experiential honesty through her interdisciplinary Art practice. She currently lives and makes her work in her homeland of Fiji.
