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About The Book
About The Book
"I look up to the birds that seem to be following us. They are migrating just like us"
"I look up to the birds that seem to be following us. They are migrating just like us"
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.
This book is perfect for pupils aged 7+ with teacher discretion advised for use with younger pupils.
Photograph © Niklaus Spoerri
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Check out the Creator
Francesca Sanna is an illustrator and picture book author from Sardinia, who currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
She graduated in Architecture from the University of Cagliari before studying design and illustration in Basel and Lucerne. She holds a Master in Design with specialisation in Illustration from the University of Applied Arts of Lucerne, and studied in New York at the School of Visual Arts.
Her books have been translated into more than 15 languages and The Journey was her first picture book. It is a poignant story that discusses refugees with straightforward language and strikingly beautiful illustrations.
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