Our full 2021-22 SJF book list can be accessed via this LINK.
Our latest feature books are: ‘Free Range Freddie’ by Rachel Bright and ‘Henry’s Freedom Box’ by Ellen Levine
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Free Range Freddy by Rachel Bright: The Waterstones Review
A colourful new arrival turns the chicken coop upside-down in this delightfully funny rhyming picture book from Rachel Bright, award-winning author of The Lion Inside.
A new egg is ready to hatch, and the chickens all think they know what to expect. But when Freddy bursts from his shell with a multi-coloured explosion, it's clear he's not like ANY other chick they know!
Join Free-Range Freddy as he turns the farmyard upside-down and shows the other hens just how egg-citing life can be if you only look at it a little differently…
A delightfully funny rhyming picture book about the importance of being true to yourself and embracing difference. Award-winning wordsmith Rachel Bright, creator of The Lion Inside and The Koala Who Could, pairs with wonderfully talented debut illustrator Isobel Evans.
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Henry’s Freedom Box by Elen Levine: The Amazon Review
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
Henry Brown does not know how old he is. Nobody keeps a record of slaves' birthdays.
All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever, when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse.
Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: he will post himself to the north.
After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday, and his first day of freedom.
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