The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story

PERSONAL STORY: Based on the author''s experience as an Afghan refugee, and the family carpet that carries a piece of home for so many Persian families. Azaad has written this story in order to share his truth.ANTI-PREJUDICE MESSAGE: During a time when many people express hatred toward ethnicities and nationalities unfamiliar to them, Azaad reminds readers to ''learn in love, not fear,'' as he says exquisitely in his author''s note.TIMELY: With the humanitarian crisis ongoing in Afghanistan, this picture book helps kids unpack current events with compassion, making the plight of Afghan refugees immediate and relatable, and offering comfort for displaced children.EXCITING DEBUTS: Azaad''s text is poetic, emotional, and nuanced, and a second picture book with him is forthcoming. Cao makes an equally impressive picture book debut with her striking, graphic art style.INTIMATE STORY: Honest but warm, urgent but never didactic, Azaad makes the topics of emigration and war very human by grounding his story in the intimate experience of one family and their love for each other.BEAUTIFUL PACKAGE: An intricate case will show the detailed patterns of the family''s carpet up close.

Product details

• Authors: Dezh Azaad
• Assisted by: Nan Cao (Illustration), Cao Nan (Illustration)
• Publisher: Abrams
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2023
• EAN: 9781419763618
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-6361-8
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration and refugees