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11 Words for Love

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★★★★★

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By (author): Randa Abdel-Fattah

Illustrated by: Maxine Beneba Clarke

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
A CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD

There are eleven words for love, and my family knows them all.

A family flees their homeland to find safety in another country, carrying little more than a suitcase full of love.

As their journey unfolds, the oldest child narrates 11 meanings for love in Arabic as her family show, and are shown, all different kinds of love in their new home, and they also remember the love they have for their homeland and for those left behind or lost along the way.

In the Arabic language, there are over 50 words describing the degrees of love. That's 50 stories, 50 life-worlds. This lyrical and heartwarming book takes you on a journey through 11 of these Arabic expressions for love.

'Randa's rich words and Maxine's moving illustrations make this book sing' The Australian Women's Weekly

'An uplifting, emotionally charged story . . . matched with bold illustrations that exude deep warmth' Sydney Morning Herald

'A beautifully rendered, timely picture book created with heart' Books+Publishing

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Product Details
  • Weight: 440g
  • Dimensions: 240 x 316mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Sep 2022
  • Publisher: Hachette Australia
  • Publication City/Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 0-5
  • ISBN13: 9780734421203

About Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah (Author) Randa Abdel-Fattah is a Palestinian Egyptian Muslim writer academic former lawyer and the multi-award-winning author of 11 books published in over 20 countries including multiple translations stage productions in the US and Australia and a graphic novel series. Randa has been nominated for Sweden's 2019 and 2018 Astrid Lindgren Award the world's biggest children's and young adult literature award. Randa is also a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University and her recent book is Coming of Age in the War on Terror.Maxine Beneba Clarke (Illustrator) Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian poet and writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. She is the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of Carrying the World (2016) Foreign Soil (2017) and The Hate Race (2018). She is the author of five books for children including the CBCA and Boston Globe/Horn Prize award-winning picture book The Patchwork Bike (2016 illustrated by Van T Rudd) and the critically acclaimed Wide Big World (2018 illustrated by Isobel Knowles). Maxine is the author-illustrator of two picture books Fashionista (2019) and When We Say Black Lives Matter (2020). She also illustrated the picture book 11 Words for Love (2022) written by Randa Abdel-Fattah. We Know A Place is the third picture book she has both written and illustrated.

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