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To The Other Side

A powerful, award-winning story of two refugees searching for safety

Author: Erika Meza  

To The Other Side
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A powerful, timely and beautifully illustrated story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

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A powerful, timely and beautifully illustrated story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

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Winner of Best Picture Book at the Diverse Book Award 2024

'A thoughtful, profound, important book' Irish Independent

'A realistic but hopeful look at two children's emigration' Publishers Weekly

Powerful and timely, To The Other Side explores the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

A young boy and his older sister have left home to play a game. To win, she tells him, they must travel across endless lands together and make it to the finish line.

Each child imagines what might be waiting for them across the border: A spotted dog? Ice cream! Or maybe a new school. But the journey is difficult, and the monsters are more real than they imagined.

And when it no longer feels like a game, the two children must still find a way to forge ahead, and reach the other side.

A stunning, symbolic and emotionally rich picture book about the spirit and strength it takes to leave your home behind. Beautifully brought to life by award-winning author-illustrator Erika Meza.

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal, the Jhalek Prize, the Diverse Book Awards, the Inclusive Books for Children Award and the Little Rebels Award, and selected by Empathy Lab for The 2024 Read for Empathy Collection.

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'One of the best picture books I've read in recent memory' Steve Antony

'Perceptive and exquisitely illustrated' Flavia Z. Drago

'Beautiful. Beautifully illustrated. Beautifully told' Jarvis

'An incredible book' Mark Bradley

'Simply impeccable' Steven Lenton

'An instant classic' Celine Kiernan

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Critic Reviews

One of the best picture books I've read in recent memory. Astounding. -- Steve Antony, creator of Mr Panda
A thoughtful, profound, important book Irish Independent
The perfect starting point to open up conversations about love and war Belfast Telegraph
This book is beautiful. Beautifully illustrated. Beautifully told. -- Jarvis, creator of The Boy with Flowers in His Hair
I cannot recommend it enough - it is an incredible book -- Mark Bradley, creator of Bumble and Snug
The palette, the characters, the compositions, the message and author's note are simply impeccable -- Steven Lenton
This perceptive and exquisitely illustrated picture book will leave its readers questioning the complex reality of child migration
A gorgeously rendered, heartbreaking look at one family's. migration experience Kirkus Reviews
Powerful . . . a realistic but hopeful look at two children's emigration Publishers Weekly
A powerful and moving story.

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About the Author

Erika was born in Mexico and developed a taste for eclairs in Paris before moving to the UK to teach drawing. She won a scholarship to study in L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, where she learned to combine bold colour and mark-making with poetry. When Erika isn't drawing you'll find her plotting ways to teach her cat to play the piano.

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Children's Group | Hodder Children's Books
Published
20th July 2023
Pages
40
ISBN
9781444971781

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