My two blankets

Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new cultur...

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Main Author: Kobald, Irena (Author)
Other Authors: Blackwood, Freya (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]
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Summary: Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she meets a new friend, the relationship helps her take her first steps into a new culture, and Cartwheel begins to weave a "new blanket," one of friendship and a renewed sense of belonging.
Item Description: First published in Australia in 2014 by Little Hare Books.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN: 0544432282
9780544432284
Author Notes: Irena Kobald is multi-lingual Austrian immigrant to Australia, who teaches aboriginal children in Australian outback communities. My Two Blankets is her debut picture book. She won two awards for My Two Blankets, a 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Award in the Picture Book of the Year category and The Territory Read Awards 2016 for Children's literature/YA fiction.

(Bowker Author Biography)