Key Stage 1 and above:
Gently build awareness in your classroom of the ongoing
struggle of refugees across the world with our poignant and beautifully
illustrated picture books.
The Day War Came by Nicola
Davies and Rebecca Cobb is a powerful and necessary
picture book – the journey of a child forced to become a refugee when war
destroys everything she has ever known.
When the government refused to allow 3000 child
refugees to enter this country in 2016, Nicola Davies was so angry she wrote a
poem. The poem has become this book, movingly illustrated by Rebecca Cobb. A
powerful aid for explaining the ongoing refugee crisis to younger readers.
“There are few modern children’s books that make you cry.
This is one of them.” – The Times
“An excellent answer to the question of how to talk to
children about war.” – The Guardian
Watch Nicola read The Day War Came
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Saving the Butterfly by Helen Cooper and Gill Smith is a poetic, powerful story about a little brother and a big sister finding a new home and new hope after being rescued from a boat lost in the dark sea.
“With illustrations that find sweetness in sadness, this touching
picture book is the resonant story of refugee siblings who have lost everything
but each other.” – The Sunday Times
Key Stage 2 and above:
On the Move: Poems About Migration by the
award-winning duo, Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake is a personal and uniquely
affecting collection of poems about migration and displacement. Winner of the
CLIPPA poetry award, this anthology is by turns charming, shocking and
heartbreaking.
“Blake’s haunting drawings complement Rosen’s compelling words
beautifully in this very accessible volume.” – The Independent
Key Stage 3 and above:
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The Waiting Place: When Home is Lost and a New
One Not Yet Found by Dina Nayeri and Anna Bosch Miralpeix is an unflinching look at ten young lives suspended outside of
time – and bravely proceeding anyway – inside the Katsikas refugee camp in
Greece.
