Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon - Hardcover
by John Agard
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Availability:In StockContributor:John Agard, Sophie Bass (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2023-04-11Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536228533ISBN-10:1536228532UPC:9781536228533Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Diversity & Multicultural, Social ThemesBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, New ExperienceSize:10.71 x 9.76 x 0.32 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCGAP6R0W0
Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon
Internationally acclaimed poet John Agard recalls the journey made by the thousands of Caribbean children and their families who traveled to Britain between 1948 and 1971 as part of the Windrush generation. With one last hug, Windrush child says goodbye to his grandmother and the shores of his Caribbean home before embarking on an adventure across the ocean--under a sky full of promise--to an...
Audience: Ages 4-8
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536228533ISBN-10:1536228532UPC:9781536228533Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Diversity & Multicultural, Social ThemesBook Topic:Emigration & Immigration, New ExperienceSize:10.71 x 9.76 x 0.32 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCGAP6R0W0
John Agard is a poet, playwright, and short story writer who grew up in Guyana, where his love of language was sparked by listening to cricket commentaries on the radio. He has won many prizes, including a CLPE Poetry Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, and a BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been a writer in residence at the BBC; the Southbank Centre, in London; and the National...
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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