PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Francesca Sanna: Francesca is an Italian illustrator and graphic designer based in Switzerland. After she finished her studies In Caligari, the main city of her beloved Mediterranean island (Sardinia) she said goodbye to her family and her cat (Berta) and moved to Germany before and Switzerland after, in order to follow her dream and be able to work as an illustrator. She graduated in 2015 from the Lucerne School of Art and Design with a Master of Design, focusing on Illustration. The Journey is her first picture book.
Given the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe and immigration debates in the U.S. and abroad, Sanna s story is well poised to spark necessary conversations about the costs of war. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, STARRED REVIEW Simultaneously heartbreaking, scary, and brightly hopeful, this timely tale with simply captivating artwork will spur little ones to ask questions that lack easy answers. <i>Booklist</i>, STARRED REVIEW A necessary, artful, and searing story. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, STARRED REVIEW startling, poignant [] It s a story that has lingered in my mind since I first read it, and I think it will be there a long while. Julie Danielson for <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> A book that explores the heart wrenching need to abandon one's home amid war. <i>Associated Press</i> This beautifully universal refugee story is essential reading. <i>Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music</i> What a beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful, necessary book. <i>Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop</i> Chilling, haunting, and hopeful, this book will resonate with readers long after they ve closed the cover. <i>Marika McCoola, Porter Square</i> I am so grateful for this candid, colorful and graceful telling of a family's fleeing of home that transcends any specific time in history or place on earth to welcome us all into its pages and its story of common courage and hope. <i>Joanna Parzakonis, Bookbug</i>
