The Heartbeat of the Land

Cathy ran barefoot every day across the great ancient land, as her people had done for sixty thousand years before.

And when she ran, she could hear the heartbeat of the land. 

Ba Boom Ba Boom Ba Boom... 

Then one day, Cathy hears a cry. She answers this cry and, with one small step at a time, the seeds of change are planted. 

Cathy Freeman has always been an inspiration to young people. Here, she does it again, through storytelling - just as her people have done, for sixty thousand years before... Listen, and you too, will hear the Heartbeat of the Land.

Written by Cathy Freeman and Coral Vass, illustrated by Tannya Harricks and read by Lydia Williams. 

Credits

• Written by

  Coral Vass Cathy Freeman

• Illustrated by

  Tannya Harricks

• Performed by

  Lydia Williams

• Published By

  Larrikin House

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