Dannika Patterson (text) and Davilyn Lynch (illustrator), Heavy, Wombat Books, March 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761111020
The pages of Heavy are filled with inviting colour and movement as the strong, female members of Nina’s family are introduced – lifting polar bears, balancing baboons, and wrangling wild boars.
Nina notices that the women in her life are always carrying the heavy load, always seem to be doing the heavy lifting, and adding more each day. She wonders how she can help her family to lighten their load.
This story is an empowering and light-hearted exploration of prioritising, sharing the load, focusing on one thing at a time, and the beauty of sometimes doing things differently to avoid being overwhelm and burnout – something we all need reminding of sometimes.
Reviewed by Raquel Mayman
