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Adnan : the boy who helped his mommy remember  Cover Image Book Book

Adnan : the boy who helped his mommy remember / Mark Arrigo & Steven Chatterton ; illustrated by Diala Brisly.

Arrigo, Mark. (Author). Chatterton, Steven. (Added Author). Brisly, Diala. (Added Author).

Summary:

Adnan is the heartwarming story of a refugee boy's attempts to heal his mother's mental health issues with the power of his creativity as they rebuild their lives in their new home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780711267091 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Beverly, MA : Frances Lincoln First Editions, 2024.
Subject: Mother and child > Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Picture books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch GRO JP Arrig 31681030039903 PICTURE Available -

Mark Arrigo is a professional photographer/director with an eye for visually poetic narratives. Mark set up the charity A Home for Winter in 2016, building shelters for refugees in the Calais Jungle.Steven Chatterton is a writer and director with a strong appetite for world-building and telling stories from children’s perspectives. He is a long-term mentor with children’s charities, encouraging creativity in young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.Diala Brisly is a Syrian artist and activist who used to run art workshops and paint murals at refugee camps. Diala also created her own magazine Zayton and Zaytona, distributed in Syria to remind children surrounded by fighting what it means to be human. She has been featured in press articles in Le Monde and Deutsche Welle, and in interviews on the BBC, PBS, Al Jazeera and TV5 Monde. Today she lives in France.

Mark Arrigo is a professional photographer/director with an eye for visually poetic narratives. Mark set up the charity A Home for Winter in 2016, building shelters for refugees in the Calais Jungle.

Steven Chatterton is a writer and director with a strong appetite for world-building and telling stories from children’s perspectives. He is a long-term mentor with children’s charities, encouraging creativity in young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Diala Brisly is a Syrian artist and activist who used to run art workshops and paint murals at refugee camps. Diala also created her own magazine Zayton and Zaytona, distributed in Syria to remind children surrounded by fighting what it means to be human. She has been featured in press articles in Le Monde and Deutsche Welle, and in interviews on the BBC, PBS, Al Jazeera and TV5 Monde. Today she lives in France.


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