Rosa’s Singing Grandfather
Rosa doesn’t have a dad but she has a grandfather and a grandfather who sings at that. When Grandad sings on the beach or at Rosa’s carol service or in hospital or at the zoo, Rosa feels a bit embarrassed but no one else seems to mind. Rosa ends up being very proud of her grandad.
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 1991
“The sheer quality of the writing makes this an immensely satisfying read” – The judges of the Carnegie Award
“ROSA’S SINGING GRANDFATHER comes from a deeper well of the imagination. It has a subtle beauty, using songs to explore tender areas of feeling – loss, abandonment, memory and fear. It also manages to evoke a vanished world of tin baths and backyard lavatories while presenting a little girl very much alive now.” – Times Educational Supplement
“The clarity and optimism of this book should make it very welcome to new independent readers.” – Books for Keeps
“Young readers will enjoy meeting Rosa and her grandfather and will
remember their voices for a long time to come.” -School Library Journal USA
Published by Barn Owl Books
Illustration: Norman Young
Cover: Ros Asquith
Price £4.99
Home Is A Place Called Nowhere
(8-12 year olds)
Oxford University Press. £6.99.
ISBN 0-19-27 1914-9
Published January 2003
“…a cracking good read (nine and up), a book which hits the issues without remotely patronising and without being vacuously hip.
Its overriding virtue is that it is a story of hope and dignity amid the cruelty and ugliness of racism. Hatred abounds and yet Amina retains her soul.
It’s provocative stuff, offering a sobering picture of our nation’s treatment of refugees.” – West Sussex Gazette 24/07/2003
“So powerful, we couldn’t put it down once we’d started.” (Mizz 12/03/2003)
Rosa’s Grandfather Sings Again
5-9 year olds
Viking 1991/Puffin 1992
Children’s Book of the Year choice.
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