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The Journey (Hardback)

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Hardback 48 Pages
Published: 01/04/2016
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Waterstones Says

Based on interactions with refugees and migrants, Sanna's exquisite and deeply moving picture book details a mother and her two children's journey as they seek a safe new home many miles away.

'I look up to the birds that seem to be following us. They are migrating just like us. And their journey, like ours, is very long, but they don’t have to cross any borders.'

What is it like to have to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? A mother and her two children set out on such a journey; one filled with fear of the unknown, but also great hope.

Based on her own interactions with people forced to seek a new home, and told from the perspective of a young child, Francesca Sanna has created a beautiful and sensitive book that is full of significance for our time.

With haunting echoes of current affairs this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.

From the author: 'The Journey is actually a story about many journeys, and it began with the story of two girls I met in a refugee center in Italy. After meeting them I realized that behind their journey lay something very powerful. So I began collecting more stories of migration and interviewing many people from many different countries. A few months later, in September 2014, when I started studying a Master of Arts in Illustration at the Academy of Lucerne, I knew I wanted to create a book about these true stories. Almost every day on the news we hear the terms "migrants" and "refugees" but we rarely ever speak to or hear the personal journeys that they have had to take. This book is a collage of all those personal stories and the incredible strength of the people within them.'

Publisher: Flying Eye Books
ISBN: 9781909263994
Number of pages: 48
Dimensions: 208 x 280 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Beautiful and powerful - The Guardian

[A] heart-stopping, visually sophisticated story - The New York Times

This incredibly poignant story introduces the concept of refugees with straightforward language, tackling this difficult subject with truth, clarity and strikingly beautiful illustrations. - BookTrust

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“War Is Chaos!”

In a week where Childline has reported an increase in calls this year from children with anxiety about what they have seen on television, a lot of parents will be wondering how to tackle the refugee and Syrian war... More

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“Marvellous book for talking to children about refugees”

This is a marvellous book. The words are spare and the illustrations are extraordinary. It is a phenomenal tool to use with children when discussing the journey of a refugee because it helps them to *FEEL* it and... More

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