Michael J. Bücher

Translation is a fact of life. It happens in as many ways as there are colours in the rainbow. And once we see it, we can never go back to not seeing it. Meaning (making), understanding (the ‘right’ and the ‘wrong’ things), relating (to the world and to each other) – it all starts with us.Nobody has lived this more colourfully than Michèle Cooke, whose work the contributors to this book celebrate by showing what translating our truths is – and can be – all about.

Join Australian animals, Kookatoot and friends, as they share their fears and find out sometimes the things that scare us most aren't always as bad as they seem.

A bully, who spends most of his time alone, drawing, is visited one night by one of his drawings that magically comes to life. This "Vision" then makes him live a day in the life of all the other kids he's bullied until he learns the lesson of empathy.