Winner: Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards: Picture Book of the Year 2011
Another beautiful Jeannie Baker's wordless picture book, this one chronicling the difference between two boys lives, one living in a built up western city and another in a village environment in Morocco. Readers can see the urbanisation and lifestyle of the big city and contrast with the relative safe and simple living of an eastern village. Whilst differences are pronounced the book also shows us that we are all connected with and part of a community and that family, shelter, food and transport are important to us all.
Published as a picture book for young readers, this book has appeal for all ages and will certainly resonate with young teens.
Also by Jeannie Baker: Belonging, a wordless picture book depicting the changes in an urban landscape through an upper storey window and Window, where a natural green landscape is overtaken by urban sprawl. Both books show the relationship between our environment and urbanisation.
Visit Jeannie Baker's website to read more about her picture books.
Also by Jeannie Baker: Belonging, a wordless picture book depicting the changes in an urban landscape through an upper storey window and Window, where a natural green landscape is overtaken by urban sprawl. Both books show the relationship between our environment and urbanisation.
Visit Jeannie Baker's website to read more about her picture books.
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