![]() I regret that I have none to share from Ruurs’ book, but I encourage you to go read here or here about Nizar Ali Badr’s work. Last week, I wrote here about some brand-new picture books about refugees - Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds (Groundwood, October 2016), written by Jorge Argueta and illustrated by Alfonso Ruano Rebecca Young’s Teacup (Dial, October 2016), illustrated by Matt Ottley Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen’s Why Am I Here?, illustrated by Akin Duzakin (Eerdmans, October 2016) and Margriet Ruurs’ Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey, illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr (Orca, October 2016). This week’s Kirkus column is what happens when you have a deadline on the very day when you’re slumped over your keyboard in despair over a decision your country has made. From Rebecca Young’s Teacup, illustrated by Matt Ottley “… he continued his search for a speck on the horizon.” From Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen’s Why Am I Here?, illustrated by Akin Duzakin “What if I were in a place that no one knew about? …” ![]() ![]() From Jorge Argueta’s Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds , ![]()
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