Our current Book of the Month is Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees by Deborah Ellis, which profiles the stories of 24 young Iraqi refugees, aged 8-19, told in their own words.

Two years ago, Save the Children Sweden and Inma Group South Lebanon worked with Iraqi refugee children in Lebanon to create short animated films. Read more about the project here and watch this video, which I found praticularly thought-provoking. The detailing is superb too – note the unhappy expression on the sun on the cover image…

Posted by: Marjorie | This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 2:00 am and is filed under Iraq, Lebanon, PaperTigers Themes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Tags: animated shorts made by children, children creators, Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees, refugee children, Save the Children