In this moving sequence of poems Nicola Davies's text combines with the superbly evocative illustrations of Petr Horacek to provide insight into the real-life experiences of refugees forced to leave their homes and previous lives behind to face an unknown future. Suffused with compassion and understanding, the work invites you to share in these stories in the hope of building greater awareness and empathy for the struggles faced by so many, and to choose love as our response. AUTHOR: Nicola Davies trained as a zoologist and studied bats and whales in the wild before joining the BBC Natural History Unit as a researcher and presenter of programmes such as The Really Wild Show. She became a children's author when her own children were in school and has written more than 80 books for children, fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her work has won awards around the world and been published in more than twelve different languages. Although her work focuses mainly on the natural world, she has a strong interest in the welfare of children and has written books addressing issues such as grief, disability, bullying and children's rights. Petr Horacek was born in Czechoslovakia and grew up on the outskirts of Prague. From the age of 15-19 he studied at the High School of Art in Prague, which specialised mainly in design. From age 19 Petr worked in a state design studio for two years, then studied painting at the Academy of Fine Art in Prague from 1988, graduating with a Master of Fine Art degree in 1994. As a student he met his English wife Claire and in 1995 they moved to England. Petr started to write and illustrate books soon after his first child was born. The first of these, Strawberries are Red and What is Black and White?, were published in 2001, and he received the Books For Children Newcomer Award in the same year. Since then Petr has written and illustrated many books for children, including a previous collaboration with Nicola Davies, A First Book of Animals, and has been translated into many languages, as well as winning awards for his books in Britain, the USA and Holland.
