Akin Duzakin – illustratör

Ett mycket viktigt uppdrag väntar den föräldralöse pojken. Han som kallas Den yngste ska få följa med de tre vise männen för att gratulera den nye efterlängtade kungen. De fyra påbörjar resan tillsammans men Den yngste stannar efter vägen för att hjälpa olika människor. Och snart har han tappat bort männen.Åren går. När Den yngste äntligen känner att han kan lämna alla människor som behövt hans hjälp är han 30 år försenad till sitt möte med Kungarnas Kung. Det bekymrar honom att han inte har några presenter med sig längre, men han bara måste få träffa honom.Berättelsen bygger på den klassiska legenden om den fjärde vise mannen. Bokens bilder är gjorda av den prisbelönte barnboksillustratören Akin Duzakin. Svenskt efterord av författaren och poeten Ylva Eggehorn.

In this memorable story, a young boy finds solace flying his kite from the rooftop after soldiers take his father and brother away.Without his father and brother, the young boy’s life is turned upside down. He and his family have to stay inside, along with everyone else in town. At suppertime, he can’t stop looking at the two empty places at the table and his sister can’t stop crying. The boy looks out the window and is chilled to see a tank’s spotlight searching the park where he plays with his friends. He hears shouts and gunshots and catches sight of someone running in the street — if only they could fly away, he thinks.Each day the curfew is lifted briefly, and the boy goes to the park to see his friends. One day, inspired by the wind in the trees, he has an idea. Back at home he makes a kite, and that night he flies it from his rooftop, imagining what it can see.In this moving story from Anne Laurel Carter, with haunting illustrations by Akin Duzakin, a young boy finds strength through his creativity and imagination.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Driven from her nest, Little Bird crosses paths with other migrating animals, including humans, looking for a safe place to call home.Reading like a modern nursery rhyme, Fly Away Home begins with a family of birds launched into exile as “a troubling of hummingbirds / brings news of beyond” and “the deceit of lapwings drives its family to roam.”Author Betty Quan gives animals thought-provoking collective nouns (a charm of goldfinches, a flamboyance of flamingoes) — some real, some invented — while Akin Duzakin’s simple yet suggestive illustrations spark curiosity about the characters Little Bird encounters.On the wing, Little Bird witnesses the mass migrations of other animals: monarch butterflies, caribou, sea turtles — and humans, too, including one little girl with a pink backpack. After her family finds asylum, Little Bird meets the little girl on a balcony in a new city — a safe nest for both at last.With the world witnessing an unprecedented level of migration—for greater opportunities or because of conflicts and climate change — and over forty million international migrants under the age of twenty, Fly Away Home offers families and classrooms a hopeful entry to a complex topic.Key Text Featuresillustrations

In this memorable story, a young boy finds solace flying his kite from the rooftop after soldiers take his father and brother away.Without his father and brother, the young boy’s life is turned upside down. He and his family have to stay inside, along with everyone else in town. At suppertime, he can’t stop looking at the two empty places at the table and his sister can’t stop crying. The boy looks out the window and is chilled to see a tank’s spotlight searching the park where he plays with his friends. He hears shouts and gunshots and catches sight of someone running in the street — if only they could fly away, he thinks.Each day the curfew is lifted briefly, and the boy goes to the park to see his friends. One day, inspired by the wind in the trees, he has an idea. Back at home he makes a kite, and that night he flies it from his rooftop, imagining what it can see.In this moving story from Anne Laurel Carter, with haunting illustrations by Akin Duzakin, a young boy finds strength through his creativity and imagination.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Pojkens stad har fyllts av soldater. De har fört bort hans pappa och hans storebror. En stridsvagn kom mullrande längs gatan, och en röst i en högtalare förkunnade: ”Gå inte hemifrån. Täck för era fönster. Alla som visar sig ute på gatan kommer att skjutas.” Pojken måste stanna inomhus med sin mamma och syster medan stridsvagnar krälar fram längs gatorna. De timmar då utegångsförbudet hävs går pojken till parken för att träffa sina vänner. En dag, när han tittar på vinden i träden, får han en idé. En känsloladdad och hoppfull skildring av att leva under ett krig.