Flight / Nadia Wheatley & Armin Greder.
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TextPublisher: Kew East, Victoria : Windy Hollow Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st editionDescription: 29 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 x 26 cmContent type: still image | still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922081483Subject(s): Children's stories -- Pictorial works | Refugee camps | Refugee families | Australian fiction | Children's stories | Children's stories | Refugees -- Juvenile fiction | Picture books | Refugee families -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Refugee camps -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction | Refugee families -- Juvenile fiction | Refugee camps -- Juvenile fiction | AustralianGenre/Form: Children's stories. | Children's stories -- Pictorial works | Children's stories | Fiction. | Juvenile works. | Level three easy reader DDC classification: A823.3 Awards: Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Award 2016, Picture Book of the Year.Summary: Tonight is the night. The family has to flee. They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood. Set in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times. Their journey is beset by heat and thirst, threatening tanks and the loss of their donkey, but eventually they reach a refugee camp where they can wait in safety for asylum in another country. In this first-time collaboration between multi-award-winning author, Nadia Wheatley, and internationally-renowned illustrator, Armin Greder, words and images blend seamlessly to take readers on a journey they will never forget.
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A story of refugees and their situation.
Tonight is the night. The family has to flee. They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood. Set in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times. Their journey is beset by heat and thirst, threatening tanks and the loss of their donkey, but eventually they reach a refugee camp where they can wait in safety for asylum in another country. In this first-time collaboration between multi-award-winning author, Nadia Wheatley, and internationally-renowned illustrator, Armin Greder, words and images blend seamlessly to take readers on a journey they will never forget.
For primary school age.
Text copyright © Nadia Wheatley ; illustrations copyright © Armin Greder.
Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Award 2016, Picture Book of the Year.
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