Home Now - Hardcover

Beake, Lesley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580891624 ISBN 13: 9781580891622

Publisher: Charlesbridge Pub Inc, 2007

Synopsis

After losing her parents to the African AIDS epidemic, Sieta now lives with her Aunty in a place she must call Home Now, but Sieta can't seem to smile until the one day when she meets an orphaned baby elephant at the elephant park and she begins to see things in a different light. Simultaneous.

About this title

Review:

Karen Littlewood's illustrations are imbued with warmth and reassuring rich, tawny glow... Key Stage 1 children will respond with immediate empathy but at Key Stage 2 the class could be encouraged to discuss issues in greater depth. (School Librarian)

An afterword gives information about the plight of Aids orphans in Africa, and teachers can choose whether to talk about this as they read, or to let the story's universal message about loss, grief and new hope stand alone. (Guardian)

About the Author:

LESLEY BEAKE is a multi-award-winning writer for children and young adults. Her international awards include, for Song of Be, a Children's Book of Note and the Best Book for Young Adults by the ALA. Outside South Africa her books have been published in ten countries. Of the 45 books published in South Africa, one has been translated into thirteen African languages. Her first book for Frances Lincoln was the highly-acclaimed picture book Home Now, illustrated by Karin Littlewood. She lives in Simon's Town, near Cape Town, South Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charlesbridge Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1580891624
• ISBN 13: 9781580891622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Littlewood Karin