Awards

• Commended for 100 Best Books of the Last 100 Years 2021 (UK)
• Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal 2017
• Short-listed for Klaus Flugge Prize 2017
• Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Illustrated Books 2017
• Shortlisted for Kate Greenaway Medal 2017.
• Shortlisted for Klaus Flugge Prize 2017.
• Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Illustrated Books 2017.

Overview

"". . . a wonderful teaching tool for those who are welcoming refugees into their community.""—The New York Times With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned. From the author: The Journey is actually a story about many journeys, and it began with the story of two girls I met in a refugee center in Italy. After meeting them I realized that behind their journey lay something very powerful. So I began collecting more stories of migration and interviewing many people from many different countries. A few months later, in September 2014, when I started studying a Master of Arts in Illustration at the Academy of Lucerne, I knew I wanted to create a book about these true stories. Almost every day on the news we hear the terms ""migrants"" and ""refugees"" but we rarely ever speak to or hear the personal journeys that they have had to take. This book is a collage of all those personal stories and the incredible strength of the people within them.

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9781909263994

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Given the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe and immigration debates in the U.S. and abroad, Sanna s story is well poised to spark necessary conversations about the costs of war. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, STARRED REVIEW Simultaneously heartbreaking, scary, and brightly hopeful, this timely tale with simply captivating artwork will spur little ones to ask questions that lack easy answers. <i>Booklist</i>, STARRED REVIEW A necessary, artful, and searing story. <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, STARRED REVIEW startling, poignant [] It s a story that has lingered in my mind since I first read it, and I think it will be there a long while. Julie Danielson for <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> A book that explores the heart wrenching need to abandon one's home amid war. <i>Associated Press</i> This beautifully universal refugee story is essential reading. <i>Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music</i> What a beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful, necessary book. <i>Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop</i> Chilling, haunting, and hopeful, this book will resonate with readers long after they ve closed the cover. <i>Marika McCoola, Porter Square</i> I am so grateful for this candid, colorful and graceful telling of a family's fleeing of home that transcends any specific time in history or place on earth to welcome us all into its pages and its story of common courage and hope. <i>Joanna Parzakonis, Bookbug</i>

A book that explores the heart wrenching need to abandon one's home amid war. - US News & World Report

Author Information

Francesca Sanna is an Italian illustrator and graphic designer who moved to Switzerland to follow their dream to work as an illustrator. They graduated in 2015 from the Lucerne School of Art and Design with a Master of Design with focus on Illustration. The Journey is their first picture book.

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