When fires devastated their town, a group of Year 5 and 6 students turned trauma into creativity.
They didn’t just survive — they wrote their way forward.

The Day She Stole the Sun is a bold and beautiful student-written story about a girl who breaks the sky — and must find a way to restore it.
It’s stunning, brave, and unforgettable — just like the children who created it.

Created through Littlescribe’s publishing program, this book is a student exemplar of writing, healing, and hope. It showcases:
– Poetry, visual literacy, factual recounts, and imaginative storytelling
– Collaborative authorship and peer editing
– Respectful First Nations considerations and place-based reflection

This book is more than a story — it is a living classroom resource, historical document, and essential text for every Australian library and school.

– Included in the Australian National LibraryUsed by NSW Bushfire Services as a factual student account of the Black Summer fires
– Presented at the Phoenix Conference (2021) for schools impacted by disaster recovery
– Gifted by the NSW Department of Education to key contributors supporting school resilience

In a moment of immense gratitude, the book was presented to the local RFS brigade — the very people who saved their school — during lockdown.

As requested by the students, it was hand-delivered by Littlescribe Founder Jenny Atkinson and Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons AO AFSM, former NSW Fire Commissioner.
Their story became the students’ way of saying thank you.