Sade Fadipe

SNOWY JOY

(A Winter Tale of Refuge)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Throwing, rolling and playing games in the snow has always been on Adanah's wishlist of things to do before she turns ten. It just never snows where she lives! So when she gets whizzed away for her first snow-holiday, she is truly thrilled! But a storm soon strikes, and her aeroplane's wings "shivered with an unusual frenzy, as if it had caught a cold". Yet the dreadful weather hints on more danger ahead! When Adanah accidentally stumbles on Khindamah - The Land of Broken Toys, her mind is bombarded with a billion questions about the world she loves, and she wishes she had stayed back at home. Has her holiday been marred by Khindamah forever? Find out what happens in this adventure of cultural experiences. Reading age 9-12 (Middle Grade) Due to some reference of war, conflict and refuge, parental guidance and follow-up conversations around what children hear on the topic (via news channels either at school or at home) are advised. The essence of this book is that children know more than they are openly willing to talk about. Yet it is in talking that we truly become free - The Author

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sade Fadipe
• Seitenzahl: 74
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 203mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 206g
• ISBN-13: 9781916259508
• ISBN-10: 1916259502
• Artikelnr.: 58368265

Autorenporträt

Sade Fadipe started out her career as a linguist and later followed her passion by taking on a post-graduate in Education.After teaching in London for close to two decades, she spent time out in Nigeria where she initiated a training program for teachers on the skill of reading. This involved the use of fiction books in enhancing reading and the creation of reading-corners, where libraries were non-existent.While training she penned an indigenous alphabet script for her trainees. Little did she know that her ABC rhyme would one day, evolve into the book 'A Fun ABC' - published in 2016 followed by the USA edition 'A VISIT TO GRANDAD (2019) and distributed across the globe! Sade is married with two daughters.