A Tree of My Own (Karen Version) - Softcover

Wilson, Nui

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798990803459

Publisher: Qilin Press, 2025

Synopsis

In a village in Burma, Posada, an ethnic Karen girl, spends her days in the forests and mountains. She even has a tree of her own! When war forces her family to flee, Posada goes on a journey to find a new home and a new tree. Where will she go? How will her family adjust? Will she ever see her tree again? Based on Nui Wilson's decades of volunteer work with Karen refugee families in Portland, Oregon, this story follows the journey of Posada and her family from Burma to a refugee camp in Thailand and finally to Portland where they make their new home.

About this title

About the Authors

Jakkapong keereesurawongsakon is a Thai-Karen illustrator living in the Tak Province of Thailand, which borders Burma. He is passionate about art and always conveys Karen culture in the form of art. Most people know him as Kayor.

Gigi Little is a writer, illustrator, and book designer. She edited and illustrated the anthology City of Weird. A lifelong lover of children's books, she wrote and illustrated two picture books, published under an old name with too many Gs in it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Qilin Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: Karen
• ISBN 13: 9798990803459
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Kayor
• Number of pages: 42
• Editor: Little Gigi