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by Lesley Beake (Author), Karin Littlewood (Illustrator) "Sieta lay in her bed looking up at the black plastic roof of her new home ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books (1 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845071050
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845071059
  • Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 24 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 851,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Karen Littlewood's illustrations are imbued with warmth and reassuring rich, tawny glow... Key Stage 1 children will respond with immediate empathy but at Key Stage 2 the class could be encouraged to discuss issues in greater depth. (School Librarian )

An afterword gives information about the plight of Aids orphans in Africa, and teachers can choose whether to talk about this as they read, or to let the story's universal message about loss, grief and new hope stand alone. (Guardian )

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"This is your home now," everyone tells Sieta, but Sieta can't help feeling sad when she thinks back to her previous home over the mountains, before her mother and father died of illness and she came to live with Aunty. One day, Sieta's teacher takes the children to see the orphan elephants in a nearby elephant park. The moment Sieta sees the baby elephant Satara, and he looks soulfully at her, each recognises the sadness in the other. How Satara helps Sieta to forget her sadness and start living life afresh is sensitively told and warmly illustrated in a book which children will love both for its emotional impact and for its endearing portrayal of elephants.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A TOUCHING TALE TO RAISE AWARENESS, 19 May 2007
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Sieta is told that the new place where she lives with her aunty is her "home now." It's a good place, filled with friendly men, women and children who work hard and care for each other. It is not Sieta's real home as she is an orphan, an African child whose mother and father died.

She cannot help feeling sad as she remembers the happy times that she shared with her parents when they lived by "a green garden in a dry land." Then one day her school class visits the elephant park where orphan elephants are kept safe and protected. She is drawn to the youngest elephant, Satara, and seems to understand his state of loss.

Eventually, as Sieta visits Satara, she is able to make her peace with and find contentment in her new home.

An author's note explains that this fictional story represents the plight of millions of African children whose parents have died of AIDS. "Home Now" is a poignant, touching tale intended to raise awareness of this very real problem in our world.

- Gail Cooke
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