Full name: Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey

Author: Margriet Ruurs Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Art, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781459814905 1459814908

This unique picture book was inspired by the stone artwork of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr, discovered by chance by Canadian children's writer Margriet Ruurs. The author was immediately impressed by the strong narrative quality of Mr. Badr's work, and, using many of Mr. Badr's already-created pieces, she set out to create a story about the Syrian refugee crisis. Stepping Stones tells the story of Rama and her family, who are forced to flee their once-peaceful village to escape the ravages of the civil war raging ever closer to their home. With only what they can carry on their backs, Rama and her mother, father, grandfather and brother, Sami, set out to walk to freedom in Europe. Nizar Ali Badr's stunning stone images illustrate the story. Orca Book Publishers is pleased to offer this book as a dual-language (English and Arabic) edition. Similar books: The Journey by Francesca Sanna Marwan's Journey by Patricia de Arias Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet Zoom by Istvan Banyai Parker Looks Up by Parker Curry The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden Silent Music by James Rumford Art Dog by Thacher Hurd Magritte's Marvelous Hat by D. B. Johnson My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young My Pen by Christopher Myers My Best Friend Is As Sharp As a Pencil by Hanoch Piven If I Were a Book by Jose Jorge Letria Simon's Book by Henrik Drescher