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This book is in stores today! An accessible picture book that simply and graphically introduces the term “refugee” to young children to help them better understand the world in which they live. Buy it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Review from The Bulletin:<\/p>\n

Gravel begins her introduction to the refugee experience with a simple premise: \u201cA refugee is a person, just like you and me.\u201d From there, she walks readers through the various reasons people are forced to leave their homes, the dangers of their journeys, and the trials of asylum, and then returns to the fact that refugees are looking for belonging and safety\u2014\u201cjust like you and me.\u201d Gravel avoids preachiness and manages a rather titanic feat of humanizing an overwhelming humanitarian crisis for young audiences with a direct, no-frills text that avoids euphemisms but maintains accessibility. The illustrations are similarly kid appropriate, with na\u00efve renderings of dot-eyed figures (with a variety of skin tones and hair color, nodding to the global nature of forced exodus) running from ruined cities in shock, navigating rough waters with grim determination, and approaching their new circumstances with hesitant hope. End matter includes \u201cRefugee Kids Speak\u201d featuring quotes from children Gravel interviewed, along with short biographies of famous refugees.\u00a0 KQG<\/p>\n

From Booklist:<\/p>\n

Using simple, direct text, Gravel explains what a\u00a0refugee<\/span>\u00a0is, the reasons these individuals leave their\u00a0countries of origin, and the steps they must follow in order to find safety and regain a normal life.\u00a0Throughout, she emphasizes that\u00a0refugees<\/span>\u00a0are people “just like you and me.” War, political instability, and\u00a0prejudices can disrupt lives, forcing people to flee to\u00a0refugee<\/span>\u00a0camps, where they must wait until a new\u00a0country will accept them. Gravel’s cartoon-style art is used to great effect here. Bold lines, saturated colors,\u00a0and expressive faces serve to emphasize the human cost of displacement. Gravel’s strength is her ability to\u00a0humanize this topic without resorting to sensationalism. Both art and text avoid specific details about\u00a0individual lives before or in the camps, but scenes of burning buildings, barbed wire, and tent cities make\u00a0clear that the life of a\u00a0refugee<\/span>\u00a0is difficult. Appended interviews with displaced children and minibiographies\u00a0of famous\u00a0refugees<\/span>\u00a0add to the appeal of this essential title for promoting understanding of the\u00a0refugee<\/span>\u00a0perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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