"What you leave behind / Won't leave your mind. / But home is where you find it. / Home is where you find it."Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a landmark new collection,focusing on migration and displacement. Michael's poems are divided into four: in the first series,he draws on his childhood as part of a first-generation Polish family living in London; in the second,on his perception of the War as a young boy; in the third,on his "missing"relatives and the Holocaust; and in the fourth,and final,on global experiences of migration. By turns charming,shocking and heart-breaking,this is an anthology with a story to tell and a powerful point to make: "You can only do something now."
Publisher: Walker Books LtdISBN: 9781529504361Number of pages: 144Weight: 275 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 14 mm
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Enhanced by timeless pen and ink drawings from fellow former Children's Laureate,Quentin Blake,this is a deeply moving,enduring poetry collection. In an insightful introduction,Rosen describes migration as an intrinsic part of human history,which has led to the development of richly diverse societies around the world.Blake's haunting drawings complement Rosen's compelling words beautifully in this very accessible volume.
Best: Powerful anthology.The prolific Michael Rosen joined forces with fellow former children's laureate Sir Quentin Blake to produce this powerful book of poems about migration. (...) Blake's haunting drawings complement Rosen's compelling words beautifully in this very accessible volume.
(...) powerful collection of poems
At once commemorative,historical,political and celebratory,Michael's poems herein have a straightforward power that is echoed in Quentin Blake's black and white illustrations that have a haunting quality of their own.Michael Rosen
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From his iconic illustrations ofThe BFGandMatildatoMr Stinkwith birds and beasts of all shapes and sizes along the way,Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator Quentin Blake has been making us smile for more than half a century.
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