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Different Ways Home by Kylie Young
$24.95

Georgie’s story begins with a feeling of not quite fitting in. He sets off on a journey hoping to find a place that feels like “home,” and along the way he meets friends who each move through the world in their own unique way.

It is an exploration of difference, support, and the kind of belonging that comes from being truly seen. Their journey shows that individuality isn’t something to overcome but where our strength and connection begin.

Different Ways Home is a soft, heartfelt reminder that “home” isn’t always a location, sometimes it’s a feeling we learn to carry within ourselves, especially when we’re surrounded by people who celebrate who we are.

Made for cosy reading moments and bedtime routines, and a lovely gift for births, showers, birthdays, and beyond.

Different Ways Home is a gentle story time companion that invites little readers into conversations about belonging, encouraging them to explore what connection, friendship, and “home” can look like.

BOOK DETAILS:

ISBN: 9781764535809

Author: Kylie Young

Illustrator: Kylie Young

Publisher: Kylie Young

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 24

Release Date: 1 April 2026

Weight: 270g

Dimensions: 210mm × 297mm × 2mm

Teaching Resource for Different Ways Home [Downloadable PDF]
$8.88

Bring Different Ways Home to life in the classroom with this beautifully designed Teaching Resource; A practical guide that helps children explore belonging, emotional safety, and the courage to be themselves.

Created to support early learners from ages 3 to 7, this guide offers thoughtful discussion prompts, creative activities, and language-building exercises that deepen students’ connection to Georgie’s journey. With reflection questions that encourage empathy and self‑expression, plus hands‑on pages like Colour the Friends from Different Ways Home and Design Your Own Way Home, it invites children to explore belonging and emotional safety and connect personal experiences to story themes.

Perfect for Kindy, early primary, home school, and story time sessions, this guide helps educators spark meaningful conversations about feelings, friendship, and the many ways we find our way “home.”

A warm, engaging companion to the book; ready to print, and enjoy.

*Please note that you will receive a secure link to the file lasting 24 hours after the first download.

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This piece began as a simple experiment: just a blue biro and a moment of curiosity. There’s something honest about ballpoint pen; no erasing, or layering, just commitment. The drawing captures a quiet scene, but the medium itself carries its own energy: everyday, humble, and unexpectedly expressive. A blue biro has a way of turning the ordinary into something tender and detailed, like catching emotion in a single line. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t need fancy tools, just intention, and the courage to see what happens when you lean in and trust.

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The bikini hangs the way they always did after a long Toogoom afternoon; dripping quietly onto cool tiles while the house settled into its evening rhythm. A quiet echo of days spent swimming, fishing, exploring, and returning to a bathroom that always smelled faintly of salt and sunscreen. You can almost hear your nan in the next room, humming, moving slowly, stitching the holiday world together with her laughter, her dancing feet, and that effortless, playful joy she carried through every room.

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The Portrait Collection

Thoughtful art for Curious Creatives

A woman with red hair and fair skin drawing a picture of an animal on a piece of paper at a desk, smiling at the camera, in a room with bookshelves in the background.

Hi, I’m Kylie, an artist from Queensland creating work that feels like home.

My practice is rooted in the same place it began: a kid trying to make sense of a world that felt like a lot, finding clarity in colour, line, and story. Art has always been the thread that steadied me, even as life pulled me through different chapters - portrait commissions, full‑time work, illustrating a children’s book, and eventually a career in financial planning.

In 2025, my health asked me to slow down. Living with MCAS and POTS reshaped my pace and my priorities, and in that quieter space, art returned with a gentleness I didn’t know I needed. It became less about producing and more about grounding, belonging, and telling the truth of where I am now.

Today, I’m building an art practice that reflects that honesty where I am writing and illustrating my own children’s book, creating pieces that feel warm and human, and sharing stories that sit somewhere between resilience and tenderness.

If you’re here for heartfelt art, real stories, and a creative space that makes room for difference and belonging, you’re in the right place.

Person sitting on a patterned rug, wearing a blue and white striped shirt and light blue pants, holding a colorful children's book with illustrations of animals including giraffes and zebras.

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