3+years
The Bicycle
Authors: Patricia McCormick and Mevan BabakarIllustrator: Yas ImamuraA beautiful book about kindness and feeling seen, based on Mevan’s own experience of being a refugee. With background information before and after the story, readers can learn a lot about her family’s long journey from Kurdistan, through Türkiye, Russia and The Netherlands, before finally settling in the UK. Gorgeous illustrations throughout.
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- Middle Eastern representation
- Diverse cast
- Muslim representation
- Female lead
- Class/socio-economic diversity