I was lucky enough to interview Kate Milner two years ago when her first picturebook, My Name is Not Refugee, was published (see here) and I am delighted to be able to showcase Kate’s latest picturebook, It’s a No-Money Day (Barrington Stoke) today. I kind of think of Kate as the Ken Loach of the …
poverty
Trash
Andy Mulligan(David Fickling Books) Raphael, Gardo and Jun-Jun are dumpsite boys. They spend all day sorting through piles of rubbish and the huge landfill site which is also their home, hoping to find, amongst the human excrement, bits and bobs that they can sell on. When Raphael finds a small leather pouch containing some money as well as some …
The Christmas Eve Ghost
Shirley Hughes(Walker Books) Bronwen and Dylan have just moved to Liverpool from the Welsh countryside. Their father has died in a mining accident and their mother has uprooted them to the city so she can find work to support the family. She takes on laundry to wash soon after and often has to leave the children home-alone while she pushes …