A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee.

The day war came there were flowers on the windowsill and my father sang my baby brother back to sleep.

Imagine if, on an ordinary day, after a morning of studying tadpoles and drawing birds at school, war came to your town and turned it to rubble. Imagine if you lost everything and everyone, and you had to make a dangerous journey all alone. Imagine that there was no welcome at the end, and no room for you to even take a seat at school. And then a child, just like you, gave you something ordinary but so very, very precious. In lyrical, deeply affecting language, Nicola Davies's text combines with Rebecca Cobb's expressive illustrations to evoke the experience of a child who sees war take away all that she knows.

SKU 127283
ISBN 9781536215939
Language English
Lexile ® Measure N/A
Guided Reading Level P
Product Type Paperback Books
Book Type Picture Books
Additional Contributor Rebecca Cobb
Primary Contributor Nicola Davies
Age Groups Ages 4 to 6, Ages 7 to 9
Publisher Candlewick Press