My Name is Not Refugee

Kate Milner studied illustration at Central St Martin’s before completing an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Her work has been published in magazines, and her illustrations and prints have been shown in London galleries and national touring exhibitions. Kate won the V&A Illustration Award 2016 and the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018 for My name is not Refugee. In 2021, It's a No-Money Day was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

“Helps show readers that children forced from their homes are not just refugees but children just like them” – Lily Caprani, UNICEF UK“Hopeful and tenderly drawn debut … which offsets a sad theme with gentle visual humour” – Sunday Times“A tender, affecting and effective introduction to a harrowing topic for very young readers” – Children's Books Ireland“A much-needed, lovely book for small children which explains the refugee crisis in a simple, child-friendly way” – Jacqueline Wilson“The illustrations do just what they should, allowing the reader … a chance to imagine and to empathise” – Lauren Child