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If you see a bluebird

"A former Afghan refugee who is newly arrived in Prince Edward Island, Ali spends the morning picking blackberries with his Nana and reminiscing about his home in Afghanistan and the mulberry tree there. He remembers the day the soldiers came and the family's nighttime flight. When Ali see...

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Main Author: Rahman, Bahram, 1984- (Author)
Other Authors: Grimard, Gabrielle (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pajama Press, 2023.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Refugees > Afghanistan > Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction.
Prince Edward Island > Juvenile fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: "A former Afghan refugee who is newly arrived in Prince Edward Island, Ali spends the morning picking blackberries with his Nana and reminiscing about his home in Afghanistan and the mulberry tree there. He remembers the day the soldiers came and the family's nighttime flight. When Ali sees a bluebird, his Nana tells him to wish on it. He wishes to go home, but in the end learns that home is not a place; it is his family staying together."--
Item Description: Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9781772782844
177278284X
Author Notes: Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the first Taliban regime. He came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. Bahram's first picture book, Governor General's Literary Award finalist The Library Bus , was praised by the New York Times for documenting the barriers to education experienced by girls in war-torn countries and their resilience and ingenuity in overcoming them. His 2021 picture book A Sky-Blue Bench was an honor book for the ALA Schneider Family Book Award, among many other honors.

Gabrielle Grimard transformed her love of design into a career in illustration over the course of her studies at Concordia University and the University of Quebec. In 2018, Gabrielle's picture book Stolen Words won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was a finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Book Award. Not My Girl was a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her creativity has been applied to children's publishing, advertising, and educational contexts.

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