by Cappy, Kirsten, Yaya Gentille, Rahana Dariah | Picture storybooks
Published 07/10/2024 by Child’s Play International Ltd (Child’s Play (International) Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of the Child’s Play Library series
Paperback | 36 pages, 36 Illustrations, colour
✨Shortlisted for the 2025 Little Rebels Award! ✨
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! written by Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah, published by Child’s Play
A warm-hearted picture book full of life and movement, which treats the story of a family fleeing conflict in Central Africa with honesty and respect, placing a child’s voice and experience at the centre. 💛
Publisher description:
“A multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey.
Inspired by the families throughout Central Africa who are forced to leave their homes, this is an honest but hopeful own-voice narrative about displacement, migration, and finding a new home.
Having fled their village as conflict approaches, Mamá, Papá, Lolie, and Nico live in a refugee camp until they are chosen for resettlement in North America. Their new city is a go, go, go of new challenges, but also a return to love and learning, joy and journey.
A text woven from three languages (English, French and words in Lingala) celebrates multilingual speakers and the resilience of refugees.”