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Mama’s Sleeping Scarf

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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A joyful exploration of family life, written by one of the most outstanding contemporary authors of our generation. This beautiful family story follows a young girl called Chino as she plays with her mama’s sleeping scarf through the day. Running with the scarf, Chino weaves together... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A joyful exploration of family life, written by one of the most outstanding contemporary authors of our generation.

This incredible new illustrated children’s picture book about family, love and the mother-daughter relationship comes from award-winning Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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A joyful exploration of family life, written by one of the most outstanding contemporary authors of our generation.

This beautiful family story follows a young girl called Chino as she plays with her mama’s sleeping scarf through the day. Running with the scarf, Chino weaves together little incidentals of home life into a glorious celebration of the power of a mother-daughter relationship, and the gentle joys that build a perfect day. Exquisitely written with compelling simplicity, this is a heartfelt homage to family love.

A compelling debut picture book from one of the most important voices in literature today, brought into glorious technicolour through the vibrant and contemporary illustrations of Joelle Avelino.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008550097

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Joelle Avelino

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 210g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than 55 languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and Financial Times. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; Half of a Yellow Sun, which was the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction "Winner of Winners" award; Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck; the essays We Should All Be Feminists, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, and Notes on Grief; and Mama's Sleeping Scarf, a book for children. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.

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