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Category: Picture Books

Interview: Delaram Ghanimifard, Co-Founder of Tiny Owl Publishing

MWD Interview - Delaram Ghanimifard, Tiny Owl Publishing

Delaram Ghanimifard is the co-founder with her husband Karim Arghandehpour of the exciting Tiny Owl Publishing, which launched its first collection to great acclaim last year. Their catalogue is already bursting with beautiful picture …

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Review: Dolphin SOS, by Roy Miki & Slavia Miki and Julie Flett

Dolphin SOS, written by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki, illustrated by Julie Flett, afterword by Richard Cannings (Tradewind Books, 2014)

 

Dolphin SOS
written by Roy Miki and Slavia Miki, illustrated by Julie Flett, afterword by Richard Cannings
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Reconciliation and Friendship in the Face of Fear and Distrust in Children’s and YA Books

Mirrors Windows Doors article: Reconciliation and Friendship in the Face of Fear and Distrust in Children's and YA BooksA few weeks ago, amidst the deepening refugee crisis from the war in Syria, many people and organisations around the world came together for …

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Escaping Conflict, Seeking Peace: Picture books that relate refugee stories, and their importance

This article was a presentation given at the 2012 IBBY Congress in London, first posted here and developed from a PaperTigers.org Personal View, “Caught up in Conflict: Refugee stories about and for young people“.
A bibliography with links to relevant websites is listed by title can be …

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Revisited – Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace by Tony Johnston and Susan Guevara

Voice

 

Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace
written by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Susan Guevara
(Holiday House, 2008)

 

Every so often a book comes along that you know will stay with you …

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Revisited: The Roses in My Carpets by Rukhsana Khan and Ronald Himmler

The Roses in My Carpets, written by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Ronald Himmler (Holiday House, 1998)

 

The Roses in My Carpets
written by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Ronald Himmler
(Holiday House, 1998)

A young Afghan …

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Revisited – Let There be Peace: Prayers from Around the World by Jeremy Brooks and Jude Daly

Let There be Peace: Prayers from Around the World, selected by Jeremy Brooks, illustrated by Jude Daly (Frances Lincoln, 2009)

 

Let There be Peace: Prayers from Around the World
selected by Jeremy Brooks, illustrated by Jude Daly
(Frances Lincoln, …

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Revisited: Home and Away by John Marsden and Matt Ottley

Home and Away, written by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley (Lothian Children’s Books, 2008)

 

Home and Away
written by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley
(Lothian Children’s Books, 2008)

The definite scribbling out of …

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Revisited: The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix (Holiday House, 2009)

 

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
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Revisited: One Green Apple by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin

One Green Apple, written by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ted Lewin (Clarion Books, 2006)

 

One Green Apple
written by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ted Lewin
(Clarion Books, 2006)

 

One Green Apple tells the story of Farah, …

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