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A Story about Afiya

A Story about Afiya

by James Berry and Anna Cunha
Hardback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 07/04/2020
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Every day, Afiya wakes to a brand new day and a clean white dress, ready for her adventures to begin...

Some people have dresses for every occasion but Afiya needs only one. Her dress records the memories of her childhood, from roses in bloom to pigeons in flight, from tigers at the zoo to October leaves falling. A joyful celebration of a young girl's childhood, written by the late Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning Jamaican poet James Berry.

WINNER of the Northern Lights Book Awards Picture Book of the Year. USBBY Outstanding International Book 2021. New York Times, 25 Best Children's Books of 2020. A Guardian Children's Book of the Month.

"A joyous celebration of childhood, culture and place"--The New York Times, 25 Best Children's Books of 2020

"A unique and beautiful combination of poetic story and expressive art"--Kirkus Reviews

"An exquisite celebration of the simple magic of childhood"--Shelf Awareness

"Gorgeous"--School Library Journal

"A book to treasure"--Books for Keeps, 5 STARS

ISBN:
9781911373339
9781911373339
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
07-04-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Lantana Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
254x234.95x8.64mm
Weight:
0.33kg
James Berry

James Berry, born in 1924, spent his childhood in a village in Jamaica, before working in the United States, finally settling in Britain in 1948 where he remained for the rest of his life. One of the first black writers in Britain to achieve wider recognition, Berry rose to prominence in 1981 when he won the National Poetry Competition. His collections of poetry and his stories and poems for children have been widely acclaimed.

Berry was at the forefront of championing Westindian/British writing and his role as an educator had a significant impact in mediating that community’s experience to the wider society. Berry was awarded an OBE in 1990 and passed away in 2017.

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