From Far Away - Softcover
When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a Hallowe'en skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids empathize with immigrant children whose experiences are very similar to Saoussan's.
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Robert Munsch is one of North America's best-selling children's authors.
Saoussan Askar was born in Lebanon during the civil war, and immigrated with her family to Toronto in 1989. From Far Away was first published when she was in grade five.
Rebecca Green is an illustrator whose work has a home in young adult and chapter books. From Far Away is her very first picture book.
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Saoussan Askar was born in Lebanon during the civil war, and immigrated with her family to Toronto in 1989. From Far Away was first published when she was in grade five.
Rebecca Green is an illustrator whose work has a home in young adult and chapter books. From Far Away is her very first picture book.
PreSchool-Grade 1?A well-intentioned but ultimately unsuccessful book. Six-year-old Askar and her family left war-torn Beirut to join her father in Canada. The child's adjustment to North American life is summed up by her being frightened by a Halloween skeleton and peeing on her teacher's lap. While this probably is what a seven-year old girl would most remember looking back at her experience, it leaves readers hungry for more. There is such a quick resolution (all is well) that youngsters never have the chance to comprehend the trauma of living in a war zone or the alienation and fear the little girl must have felt in her new environment. The watercolor illustrations are full of well-groomed multicultural people and a teacher who looks like Princess Diana. An admirable effort by the child co-author, but a rather half-baked story from Munsch.?Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY
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- PublisherAnnick Press
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 155451939X
- ISBN 13 9781554519392
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorGreen Rebecca
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