My baabinje always had dirt under her fingernails.

She would take me out to the backyard and say, 'Sit, Marli. Observe and connect with the day.'

From two brilliant Bundjalung women -- acclaimed mother–daughter pair Bronwyn Bancroft and Ella Noah Bancroft -- comes Baabinje's Backyard, a joyous, colourful and wise picture book about a grandmother's love for her garden, her Country and her family.