'Hello to Me'
The children's book, 'Hello to Me,' is our first project, introducing a young girl named 'Joanne' who has multiple disabilities including autism, hearing loss and is nonverbal. The book shares a story of how she gets along with her friends with different disabilities as well as the neurotypical people around her. Everyone needs friends, but it's not always easy to be friends with someone different from ourselves. Sometimes, we need creative and open minds to connect with people from different cultural and social backgrounds. Unfortunately, we don't often get opportunities to share stories about children with disabilities, so our creative team hopes this book will provide an opportunity for children, parents and educators to discuss diverse friendships and what friendship means to individuals, especially children with disabilities.
Our Artists
Kurt Bosecke
Kurt Bosecke is a prolific neurodiverse artist from Adelaide who will be a key illustrator for ‘Hello to Me’.
Kurt makes art with a range of media and works as a part of Tutti Visual Art Studios.
See more of Kurt’s work here.
Jake Holmes
Jake is a printmaker, illustrator, painter and co-founder of Tooth and Nail Studio; a communal art studio in Adelaide. He is a founding member of PRINT CULT, a group of 7 contemporary Australian printmakers.
Jake will be creating illustrations in collaboration with Kurt Bosecke for ‘Hello to Me’
See more of Jake’s work here.
Janeen Brian
Janeen Brian is an Australian, award-winning children’s author with over 100 books published, whose writing ranges from picture-books to novels, poetry to short fiction and information books. Many of those have been translated and distributed across the world.
Janeen will be writing the story of ‘Hello to Me’
Read more about Janeen here.
