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Refugees

A Reader’s Journey to Becoming a Writer
15 May 2018

A Reader’s Journey to Becoming a Writer

by Zoe | posted in: Victoria Williamson | 3

Today I’m very pleased to be able to bring you a guest post by Victoria Williamson (@strangelymagic), début author of The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle, a moving and vibrant story about a young refugee from Syria starting a … Continued

Animals, Author/Illustrator Interviews, Carers, Refugees, Scotland, Syria
Stories about Syrian refugees settling into new lives
14 May 2018

Stories about Syrian refugees settling into new lives

by Zoe | posted in: Kathrin Rohmann, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Victoria Williamson | 2

Whilst sometimes we read to escape what is going on in the world, it is real life and the questions it poses that has been a source of some of the most vital stories I’ve read in the past few … Continued

Baking/cooking, Books in translation, Crosscultural friendship, Foxes, German authors/illustrators, Refugees, Scotland
Illustrators helping to build empathy
10 Jul 2017

Illustrators helping to build empathy

by Zoe | posted in: Aleksei Bitskoff, Elizabeth Laird, Kristof Devos, Kristyna Litten, Lieke van der Vorst, Mariajose Gajate Molina, Marika Pegoraro, Natalie Smillie, Pintachan | 4

I’m a big fan of the work the Empathy Lab does, using children’s books to nurture and extend empathy, and so I was very interested when I found out about a new EU/United Nations World Food Programme project bringing children’s … Continued

Empathy, Refugees

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