Nicola Davies was motivated to write the poem that forms the text for this book by the UK government refusing sanctuary to 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees and by hearing of a refugee child being refused a school place because there was no chair to sit on. A child describes how her life and her world were totally disrupted when war came to her country and how she had to flee alone. When she eventually reaches a place which she believes war has not reached, she finds a school where children are learning about the same things she was learning about in her home country. The teacher tells her that there is no room for her but in a hopeful and moving dnouement the children each bring chairs so that the refugee child and others in her situation will be able to come to school and symbolically be able to find a new home, a new place to be.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 1st grade-4th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Praise for Rebecca: "[Rebecca] Cobb's illustrations capture the joy of childhood" Sunday Times Nicola Davies is an author and zoologist. Nicola is also the author of Big Blue Whale, Surprising Sharks and Poo.