Stepping stones : a refugee family's journey / Margriet Ruurs ; artwork by Nizar Ali Badr = Ha.sa al-.turuqat : ri.halah a'ailah laji'ih / ta'lif, Margharit Runurz ; rusum, Nizar Ali Badr.
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TextLanguage: English, Arabic Original language: English Publisher: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: 24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780702259739 :Other title: Ha.sa al-.turuqatSubject(s): Refugees -- Syria -- Juvenile fiction | Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Refugees -- Juvenile fictionDDC classification: C813.6 Summary: When I was little, not so long ago, my brother, Sami, our friends and I played on sunbaked soil. We laughed, ran across rocks and sand, free as birds. Then the birds stopped singing.People began to leave our village. First a trickle, then a stream, across dusty fields under a burning sun, a stream driven by hope. Mothers, fathers, children, seeking a better place, a better life. Rama and her family are forced to leave behind everything they know and love. With only what they can carry on their backs, Rama's family sets out to find refuge in Europe. Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr's stunning stone images illustrate Margriet Ruurs's thoughtful and moving story.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor - Non junior picture books | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF RUU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111067336733 |
First published in Canada and the United States by: Orca Book Publishers, 2016.
For junior primary school age.
Parallel text in English and Arabic.
When I was little, not so long ago, my brother, Sami, our friends and I played on sunbaked soil. We laughed, ran across rocks and sand, free as birds. Then the birds stopped singing.People began to leave our village. First a trickle, then a stream, across dusty fields under a burning sun, a stream driven by hope. Mothers, fathers, children, seeking a better place, a better life. Rama and her family are forced to leave behind everything they know and love. With only what they can carry on their backs, Rama's family sets out to find refuge in Europe. Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr's stunning stone images illustrate Margriet Ruurs's thoughtful and moving story.
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