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Sakina and the Uninvited Guests

Name: Sakina and the Uninvited Guests
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781547613427
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By Zahra Marwan

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From Ezra Jack Keats Award honoree author Zahra Marwan, a picture book about the magic power of art to connect us to the past and to each other. A powerful story. —School Library Journal, starred review Begs multiple viewings. —Horn Book, starred review Worth visiting time... Read More

Format: Hardback

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From critically acclaimed author Zahra Marwan, a picture book about the magic power of art to connect us to the past and to each other.

From critically acclaimed author Zahra Marwan, a picture book about the magic power of art to connect us to the past and to each other.

Description

From Ezra Jack Keats Award honoree author Zahra Marwan, a picture book about the magic power of art to connect us to the past and to each other.

A powerful story. —School Library Journal, starred review

Begs multiple viewings. —Horn Book, starred review

Worth visiting time and time again. —BookPage, starred review

Stunningly illustrated. —Kirkus Reviews

When a sandstorm descends upon the city, Sakina and her mama forego their plans to visit the beach and head to the local museum instead. While Sakina yawns and scowls at the boring old relics, her mama's eyes keep filling with tears, moved by the details she recognizes.

But when it's finally time to leave the museum, Sakina returns home with something unexpected . . .

Can three uninvited guests help Sakina see the museum through her mama's eyes?

This gorgeous, sweeping picture book illuminates the incredible power of art: it humanises our ancestors, connects us to the past and to each other, and reflects the essential, universal human need to be understood and remembered.

Discover another deeply moving story from Zahra Marwan, the critically acclaimed creator of the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781547613427

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 April 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 255.0mm

Height: 255.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

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About the Author

Zahra Marwan is the author of Where the Butterflies Fill the Sky, which has received notable acclaim including recognition as one of NPR's Best Books of the Year, the Society of Illustrators’ Dilys Evans Founders Award, a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, and an Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Award. Zahra has also been recognized by the United Nations with an International Minority Artist Award, and by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators with an Out of the Margins Award. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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