Our Story Starts in Africa
$21.24
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2022
Summary
A sensitively told and vibrantly illustrated story of Black history from its very ancient origins through to its dynamic future.
When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn’t feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years… a story that Paloma shares in, because her story starts in Africa, too.
Join Tante and her inquisitive…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913520588 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913520587 |
| Author: | Patrice Lawrence, Jeanetta Gonzales |
| Publisher: | Magic Cat Publishing |
| Imprint: | Magic Cat Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 306mm x 289mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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Critics Review
“An in-depth look at community and the political machinations that shape them, gorgeously illustrated by Gonzales.” - The Bookseller”…this superbly illustrated, engagingly and sensitively written book…” Red Reading Hub”A bright, enticing picture book that sensitively explores the legacy of colonisation and the sustained telling of African stories” — The Guardian,Best New Picture Books 2022Bookseller Buyers Guide Pick of the Season
Patrice Lawrence
Patrice Lawrence is an award-winning writer. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy, won the Bookseller YA Prize and the Waterstones Prize for Older Children’s Fiction and was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award. Patrice was born in Brighton, raised in an Italian-Trinidadian family in mid-Sussex, and now lives on the South Coast.
Jeanetta Gonzales is a Los Angeles based designer and illustrator. She describes herself as a free-spirited artist who loves nature. For her, the imperfect is beautiful. Using a combination of paint, inks and digital illustration, Jeanetta evokes happiness, energy, inspiration and positivity through her love of drawing plants, women, flowers and lettering phrases.
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