Welcome Home
Author(s): Christina Booth
Welcome Home is the story of a young boy and a whale as she swims into the river harbour seeking safety and a resolution to the violent past relationship between whales and man. This prosaic journey, accompanied with soft sketchy watercolour images, reveals how the past can impact our future. Can the boy make amends for the past? Can the whale forgive and return to what was once her ancestors' home? Whaling is an horrific image to portray in any literature yet this story offers its history and consequences to children in a gentle, safe way. This story does not avoid the facts but ends with hope and reconciliation, using history to show the consequences of our choices and actions.
Product Information
Christina Booth is an award winning Australian children's author/illustrator. Four of her picture books have gained CBCAs Notable Children's Book Awards. Her picture book, Kip, the story of a crowing rooster living in the city, was awarded a CBCA Honour Book in 2010. Two books that Christina illustrated (In The Deep Red Desert, Angie Lionetto-Civa; The Carrum Sailing Club, Claire Saxby), were selected to be read on ABC's Playschool program in 2012.
General Fields
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- : Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd
- : Ford Street Publishing Pty Ltd
- : 0.161
- : 01 February 2014
- : 183mm X 198mm X 2mm
- : Australia
- : 07 October 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : Christina Booth
- : Paperback
- : English
- : E
- : 32