Drawn across borders : true stories of human migration

Butler, George 1985- (author,, illustrator.).

Summary: Resisting his own urge to walk away, the author, an artist, took his sketchbook and made, over the course of a decade, a series of pen-and-ink and watercolor portraits in war zones, refugee camps, and on the move. While he worked, his subjects - migrants and refugees in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia - shared their stories. Theirs are the human stories behind the headlines that tell of fleeing poverty, disaster, and war, and of venturing into the unknown in search of jobs, education, and security. Whether sketching by the hospital bed of a ten-year-old Syrian boy who survived an airstrike, drawing the doll of a little Palestinian girl with big questions, or talking with a Masai herdsman forced to abandon his rural Kenyan home for the Kibera slums, the author turns reflective art and sensitive reportage into a cry for understanding and empathy. -- Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 1536217751
ISBN: 9781536217759
Physical Description: 46 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 x 29 cm
regular print
print
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021