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Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books; New Ed edition (1 Mar 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0711219915
ISBN-13: 978-0711219915
Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 20.8 x 0.4 cm
Average Customer Review: (2 customer reviews)
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,047 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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'This sensitive narrative... highlights the need for understanding what has passed while ensuring effective integration for the future'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'I can think of no better way for teachers to raise the asylum issue with younger children than by sharing and discussing this book.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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cultural awareness and circumstance, 7 April 2003

By	cinderella "and alfie" (Southampton, Hants United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Colour of Home (Hardcover)

This is a book about a young boy,Hassan. He has come from Somalia as a refugee. Hassan paints a picture at his new school to communicate his feelings and the lovely colours of home are smudged with the reds and oranges of war. This story then continues to tell of life through Hassan's eyes and gives an appreciation of the difficulty of his circumstances and explains how the family have come to England. My 10 year old loved this book and really apprecaited the content and my 7 year old read the story with tears. It ends on a positve note with colour and hope for Hassan and his family.

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Everyone should read this book, 27 Jan 2006

By	Ernesto "cyndarita" (UK) - See all my reviews

Asylum seekers are so often demonised for political purposes. "Not in my backyard! We can't afford them here! No room!" are all too common cries.

It's easy to forget how much these people, and especially the children, have been through. This book tells in simple language the story of Hassan, who has witnessed things no child should ever see. The clever use of colour, bright and happy for his home, red and black for anger and war, grey and cold for his sadness and loss explains Hassan's moods and feelings where words would fail us. Towards the end of the story, colour and hope begins to return to Hassan's life.

An excellent resource which explains simply what it is like to be a refugee.

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