Faduma — A story about water, strength and the grandmother of a little girl.
Tonight's bedtime storybook — It Belongs to Us All, comes to your inbox courtesy of Lelanie Boulle and Patrick McLane . Lelanie is from South Africa. She is one of our first believers and an animal lover. Patrick is an artist & teacher who transforms textured paper into?jaw-dropping?three-dimensional illustrations with a whimsical visual narrative.
A tale set in Somalia in distant Africa, a brave grandmother of a brave little girl shows us how important using our voices can be.
But my granny just smiled at them and said in a soft voice, No, I am not your boss.
Click on the cover above to download, and print on a single sheet of paper.? There is a little magic involved after you print, as you can see below. If you have trouble, watch this?video.
Don’t skip cranking up rusty ol’ Wikipedia about?Somalia. And beware of the question monster. Let us know what your little one thinks in the space on the back of the storybook? Share a pic with?[email protected].
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Once it is time for your own bedtime story,?may we suggest?Beasts of No Nation?by?Uzodinma Iweala?and its gut-wrenching?motion picture.
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2 年These are great! I love the imagery ????
Senior Lead, JJM Office, Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore
2 年?? Brilliant Sanjukt and Team!!all the best!