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The Ghosts Who Danced: and Other Spooky Stories from Around the World
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Where I Belong
by Tara White
(Tradewind Books, 2014 (Canada)/2015 (US & UK))

Sixteen-year-old Carrie tells her story of what happened in the summer of 1990, when she … Continue reading ... →

Masha and the Firebird
written by Margaret Bateson-Hill, illustrated by Anne Wilson
(Alanna Books, 2014)

Masha and the Firebird … Continue reading ... →

Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain
written by Margaret Bateson-Hill, illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli, Chinese text … Continue reading ... →

Hannah’s Winter
written by Kierin Meehan
(Kane/ Miller, 2009; originally published by Penguin Group, Australia, 2001)

 
While her larger-than-life horticulturalist mother travels around Japan on … Continue reading ... →

Curious Cat! Learn About the Seasons
written by Maria Denjongpa, illustrated by Phurba Namgay
(Scholastic Early Science series, Scholastic … Continue reading ... →

Whist putting together my new interview with Mary Hoffman, I revisited my first encounter with her beautiful book The Colour of Home, which I … Continue reading ... →

Amazing Grace (25th Anniversary Edition)
written by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch, with Afterwords by Floella Benjamin and LeVar Burton
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Dreams of Freedom: In Words and Pictures
edited by Janetta Otter-Barry, designed by Judith Escreet, with a Foreword by Michael Morpurgo
(Amnesty International/Frances Lincoln, 2015)

All royalties donated to Amnesty … Continue reading ... →

I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama
by Maya Christina Gonzalez
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The Promise
written by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin
(Walker Books, 2013)

Set in a grim, grey, arid urban landscape where ‘Nothing grew. Everything was broken. … Continue reading ... →

The Magic Formula
written by Ibrahima Ndiaye, illustrated by Capucine Mazille, translated by Rebecca Page
(Bakame Editions (Rwanda), 2011)

The Magic Formula is a … Continue reading ... →

The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point
written by Trina Saffioti, illustrated by Maggie Prewett
(Magabala Books, 2008)

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Anna Carries Water
written by Olive Senior, illustrated by Laura James
(Tradewind Books, 2013)

Anna desperately wants to be able to carry the … Continue reading ... →

Bulbuli’s Bamboo
written by Mita Bordoloi, illustrated by Proiti Roy
(Tulika Publishers, 2012)

Everything in Bulbuli’s house is made of bamboo – … Continue reading ... →

What Shall I Make?
written by Nandini Nayar, illustrated by Proiti Roy
(Frances Lincoln, 2009)

Watching his mother cooking in the kitchen becomes a … Continue reading ... →

The Elephant and the Tree
by Jin Pyn Lee
(Epigram Books and Ele Books LLP (Singapore), 2006; Running … Continue reading ... →

Picture a Tree
by Barbara Reid
(North Winds Press, Scholastic Canada, 2011)

‘There is more than one way to picture a tree.’ So begins this … Continue reading ... →

The Amazing Tree
by John Kilaka
(North-South Books, 2009)

 
In this retelling of an African folktale the animals are hungry and there’s only one tree that has fruit on … Continue reading ... →

Dear Baobab
written by Cheryl Foggo, illustrated by Qin Leng
(Second Story Press, 2011)

Following the death of his parents, seven-year-old … Continue reading ... →

Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
written by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Uma … Continue reading ... →

Jandamarra
written by Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Terry Denton
(Allen & Unwin, 2013)

Presented in a quasi-graphic-novel format, Jandamarra is a picture … Continue reading ... →

Ahmed and the Feather Girl
by Jane Ray
(Janetta Otter-Barry Books, Frances Lincoln, 2010/Paperback 2014)

‘There was once a little orphan boy with big … Continue reading ... →

I Have the Right to Be a Child
written by Alain Serres, illustrated by Continue reading ... →

We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human … Continue reading ... →