Elska Bee reviewed Little Refugee by Anh Do
Review of 'Little Refugee' on 'Goodreads'
This was a beautiful book that made me bawl my eyes out. I'm already pretty familiar with refugee experiences, but this book still got to me.
I highly recommend this for parents and educators wanting to teach kids about refugee experiences. I think it's a really good starting place for starting discussions and for helping to develop empathy for refugee experiences. I wouldn't recommend this for very young children (say, under 4 or 5) or children who are very sensitive as I think they may find it scary or very sad in parts.
Asian Readathon 2021: Non-fiction book
I was struggling to find a non-fiction book that I wanted to read for Asian Readathon and just kept looking on lists of Asian-Australian authors and found this gem. Okay maaaybe it's a stretch to call a picture book non-fiction, but it is about Anh Do's real childhood so I'm counting it.