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Anisa's Alphabet

Anisa's Alphabet

by Mike Dumbleton and Hannah Sommerville
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/06/2023

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For many refugees the alphabet represents the start of a new language and a new future, but Anisa's Alphabet is different.

A poignant and highly imaginative telling of one girl's story which will appeal to children and adults alike…Come with Anisa, and see things through her eyes.

In this picture book, Anisa takes the reader though the alphabet, describing her journey from an unnamed war-torn country to a refugee camp, then on to an overcrowded boat towards supposed freedom and security. 

ISBN:
9781922858269
9781922858269
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-06-2023
Publisher:
MidnightSun Publishing Pty, Limited
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
32
Dimensions (mm):
280x240mm

'In this picture book, Anisa takes the reader though the alphabet, describing her journey from an unnamed war-torn country to a refugee camp, then on to an overcrowded boat towards supposed freedom and security...Prolific writer Mike Dumbleton and well-known illustrator Hannah Sommerville have taken on a weighty topic here and have produced a good quality book.'
— Katie Haydon, Books+Publishing

Mike Dumbleton

Mike Dumbleton is a writer and a Literacy Consultant with many educational and children’s books to his credit. In 2005 he received the Federal Minister’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Improving Literacy, which recognized his work both as an educator and a writer over an extended period of time.

Seven of Mike’s picture books have been selected as 'Notable Books' by the Children's Book Council of Australia and Passing On, was shortlisted for the 2002 Book of the Year Awards. Also, Muddled-up Farm was selected as ‘Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2003’ and as the ‘National Simultaneous Storytime book for 2004’. Mike’s young adult fiction title Watch Out for Jamie Joel was shortlisted in the 2004 Adelaide Festival Awards for Children’s Literature and his picture book Cat was selected as a CBCA Honour Book for 2008.

After nine years in New York, Mike has now returned to Adelaide to continue his writing and consulting work. His other interests include travel, ‘trying’ to keep fit, and watching most sports especially basketball, soccer and tennis.

Hannah Sommerville

Hannah Sommerville comes from the scenic South Coast of New South Wales.

After completing a Bachelor of Creative Arts, she practised as a commercial designer before becoming a mother of two.

Reading with her young children rekindled Hannah’s adoration of children’s picture books and she turned her attention to illustrating.

Hannah enjoys capturing familiar events in the lives of children and focuses on crafting moments to which her readers can connect.

Our Australian supplier has this title on order. You can place a backorder for this title now and we will ship it to you when it becomes available. 

While we are unable to provide a delivery estimate, most backorders will be delivered within 120 days. If we are informed by our supplier that the title is no longer available during this time, we will cancel and refund you for this item.  Likewise, if no delivery estimate has been provided within 120 days, we will contact our supplier for an update.  If there is still no delivery estimate we will then cancel the item and provided you with a refund.

If we are able to secure you a copy of the title, our supplier will despatch it to our Sydney warehouse.  Once received we make sure it is in perfect condition and then despatch it to you via the Australia Post eParcel service, which includes online tracking.  You will receive a shipping notice from us when this occurs.

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