Papertigers.org | August/September 2010


			Spirit of PaperTigers Project: donating books to schools and libraries in areas of need. To find out about the books selected for donation this year, and about their authors and illustrators, see here.

Photographer and journalist Caroline Irby shares some of the background to her exciting project A Child from Everywhere, now a book and exhibition...


	Author Mitali Perkins talks to us about her latest novel, Bamboo People, about children caught up in conflict in modern-day Burma...

Artist June Allan talks about illustrating the acclaimed Refugee Diary series published by Frances Lincoln, and shares artwork from the books...

This group gallery draws together some of the beautiful illustrations and details of embroidered Hmong Story Cloths featured in children's picture books...

Book of the Month Cover- Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees

Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees

by Deborah Ellis.

(Groundwood Books, 2010)

In Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees, by Deborah Ellis, children’s own narratives are given center stage preceded only by a brief introduction that helps shed light on their individual stories.

After reading the 24 interviews with young Iraqi refugees, aged 8-19, and the harrowing accounts of violence witnessed and suffered, young readers, like the interviewees themselves, are likely to have very strong opinions about the war .

<read the complete review>


			August 2010 Refugee Children are our focus in this bimonthly update. It is a horrifying, almost ungraspable fact that there are around 17 million children in the world today who are refugees. Perhaps, for many of us, the only way to get our heads around these huge numbers, and to sense the real significance of those millions, is to allow individual stories to speak to our minds and hearts. In this issue we bring together authors and illustrators who are increasingly focusing on refugees in their work. These are harrowing stories that will make readers weep – but they are also about children and for children, and sometimes by children: and so hope is also never far away. Sometimes, it is no more than a flicker but it is always there, a beacon for the future, seeking out a path to safety and a new life, away from fear, disaster and conflict… Personal Views: Reading About and Reaching Out to Refugees by Pegi Deitz Shea Crossing boundaries: Conveying the refugee experience through illustration by Luis Garay Caught up in conflict: refugee stories about and for young people by Marjorie Coughlan Revisited: Music as Inspiration and Survival: a Cambodian Journey by Michelle Lord The Immigrant and Second Generation Experience in British Children's Books by Ann Lazim A Note to Young Immigrants by Mitali Perkins Helping Kids See that War is Not a Game by Kathy Beckwith Book Reviews: Make sure to read PaperTigers' new reviews, as well as the newly added reviews from our other review sources: CCBC, Books for Keeps, Asian Review of Books... Links & Lists: In this section you will find links to resources related to the theme of refugee children... And in addition to focusing on refugees, we will also continue to focus on our Spirit of PaperTigers Project. Many book sets have already reached their destination, and children's feedback on the books is starting to arrive. You can see it here and we will continue to post it both here on the website and/or on our blog...


		On the PaperTigers blog you will find our current and past themes unpacked and expanded, as well as news and views on multicultural and international books, world literacy, bedtime stories, children's literature events, and more...Come and join our ongoing conversation!


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