See her? That one, there. The one that’s always looking up up up at the tops of things? Falls in every crack in the sidewalk? Always forgetting that she’s on the ground?
That’s Banu. Banu, who is not like the rest of us.
Tag: children’s literature
Banu the Builder
Anglerfish: the Black Devil of the Deep
by E. M. Alexander
Picture Book Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature
Far, far below the ocean’s surface, where no trace of light can be seen, the deep-sea Angler fish has made her home.
Paddy Cats
by Helen Kampion
Honorable Mention, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature
Toshiko lived in a small village in Japan where the rice grew in rows as straight as chopsticks. Every day on her way to the rice paddies, Toshiko greeted the stray cats and scratched their backs.