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On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It

by Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake

First published by Walker Books (UK) 2020.

FORMAT
Hardcover
LANGUAGE
English
CONDITION
Brand New


Publisher Description

In a masterful new collaboration, personal poems and poignant art illuminate the experience of refugees and immigrants everywhere.

That's why
it can happen again.
It does happen again.
It has happened again.

Some of Michael Rosen's relatives were lost before he was born, in the Holocaust. First, he wondered about them. And he wrote poems. Next, he searched for their stories. And he wrote poems. Then he found their stories. And he wrote poems. Now, in a companion book to The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II, Michael Rosen has brought together forty-nine of his most powerful poems, exploring the themes of migration and displacement through the lens of his childhood in the shadow of World War II, the lives of his relatives during that war, and migration, refugees, and displacement today and tomorrow, here, there, and everywhere. Throughout, atmospheric watercolors from master illustrator Quentin Blake evoke the hardship, exhaustion, isolation, and companionship of being on the move. At once intimate and universal, On the Move probes the power of art to adapt, bear witness, and heal.

Author Biography

Michael Rosen is the internationally acclaimed author of The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II and Michael Rosen's Sad Book, both illustrated by Quentin Blake, and many other books. A former British Children's Laureate, he lives in London.

Sir Quentin Blake has illustrated more than 250 books by writers from Roald Dahl to Michael Rosen, in addition to his own picture books. In 1999, Sir Quentin Blake became the first British Children's Laureate. He lives in London.

Review

A graceful tapestry weaving together personal and global perspectives and a heart-rending memoir of human endurance.

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The anonymous and atmospheric art complements Rosen's message extremely well. . . In these honest and pensive poems, Rosen probes his own past to prompt readers to contemplate their own feelings around global displacement. . . artfully explores the human experience of displacement.


—Shelf Awareness (starred review)

Moving. . . Blake's watercolor-and-ink illustrations, reproduced in blue/grey tones, accurately reflect the verses' moods and speak to the difficulties faced by migrants then and now.
—Booklist

Review Quote

A graceful tapestry weaving together personal and global perspectives and a heart-rending memoir of human endurance. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The anonymous and atmospheric art complements Rosen's message extremely well. . . In these honest and pensive poems, Rosen probes his own past to prompt readers to contemplate their own feelings around global displacement. . . artfully explores the human experience of displacement. --Shelf Awareness (starred review)

Details

ISBN1536218103
Author Quentin Blake
Pages 144
Audience Age 10-14
Language English
Year 2022
Illustrator Quentin Blake
ISBN-10 1536218103
ISBN-13 9781536218107
Format Hardcover
Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.
Place of Publication Massachusetts
Country of Publication United States
Publication Date 2022-02-08
AU Release Date 2022-02-08
NZ Release Date 2022-02-08
US Release Date 2022-02-08
UK Release Date 2022-02-08
DEWEY 821.008
Audience Children / Juvenile

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