The Happy Prince Maisie Paradise Shearring A Tale by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated and adapted by Maisie Paradise Shearring. In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late ‘Happy Prince’, […] Adventure, Animals, Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Fairy tales and folk tales, Faith/ Culture, Fiction, Friendship, Picture Books, Values/ Virtues AGES: 3-7 The Girl in the Broken Mirror Savita Kalhan Jay’s creative writing exercise is to write a fairy tale, to end with they lived happily ever after. But the way her life is panning out she s not sure it will ever reach that stage. She and her mother are moving in with distant relatives, and they have super strict rules for girls. Jay […] Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Prejudice, Self-discovery, Values/ Virtues, Violence, Women and feminism AGES: 14+ Children Who Changed the World: Incredible True Stories About Children’s Rights! Marcia Williams From the heroes familiar to everyone, such as Malala Yousafzai, to the amazing activists you might not have heard of, like Baruani Ndume, the teenager who gave a voice to fellow refugee children in Tanzania, discover the incredible true stories of child activists. An inspirational and moving book from beloved author-illustrator Marcia Williams, providing […] Anthology, Biography, Faith/ Culture, Justice, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Personal Stories, Social Activism, Values/ Virtues AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 The Boy at the Back of the Class Onjali Q. Rauf Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child’s perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn’t always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called […] Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Justice, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Hidden Miriam Halahmy The complex issues of immigration and human-rights laws, through the eyes of a 14 year old girl Alix. Bullying, Fiction, Friendship, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14
