My Name is Not Refugee

A touching, timely and tender exploration of refuge and migration for the youngest readers, this picture book offers a moving insight into the real journeys being made by children today.

A young boy discusses the journey he is about to make with his mother. They will leave their town, she explains, and it will be sad but also a little bit exciting. They will have to say goodbye to friends and loved ones, and that will be difficult. They will have to walk and walk and walk, and although they will see many new and interesting things, it will be difficult at times too. A powerful and moving exploration that draws the young reader into each stage of the journey, inviting the chance to imagine the decisions he or she would make.

Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018.

Winner of Klaus Flugge Prize 2018 Long-listed for UKLA Award 2018 Nominated for Kate Greenaway Medal 2020

“"Helps show readers that children forced from their homes are not just refugees but children just like them" -- Lily Caprani, UNICEF UK”

“Helps show readers that children forced from their homes are not just refugees but children just like them” – Lily Caprani, UNICEF UK

“Hopeful and tenderly drawn debut … which offsets a sad theme with gentle visual humour” – Sunday Times

“A tender, affecting and effective introduction to a harrowing topic for very young readers” – Children's Books Ireland

“A much-needed, lovely book for small children which explains the refugee crisis in a simple, child-friendly way” – Jacqueline Wilson

“The illustrations do just what they should, allowing the reader … a chance to imagine and to empathise” – Lauren Child

Kate Milner studied Illustration at Central St Martin's before completing the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Her work has been published in magazines concerned with Housing, Law and Business, and her illustrations and prints have been shown in London galleries and national touring exhibitions. Kate won the V&A Student Illustration Award in 2016 for My Name is Not Refugee.

A touching, timely and tender exploration of refugees and migration for the youngest readers. A young boy discusses the journey he is about to make with his mother. They will leave their town, she explains, and it will be sad but also a little bit exciting. They will have to say goodbye to friends and loved ones, and that will be difficult. They will have to walk and walk and walk, and although they will see many new and interesting things, it will be difficult at times too. A powerful and moving exploration that draws the young reader into each stage of the journey, inviting the chance to imagine the decisions he or she would make.

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