Faraway Home
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Captures the emotions of an immigrant family.
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for Ages 4 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Faraway Home was written by Sharon Asta
Parent's need to know that this story's heartwarming situation and lyrical writing captivates readers. The realistic watercolor illustrations convey the children's emotions and draw kids into the story.
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Book Summary
Desta worries that her father (who is going home to Ethiopia to visit his mother) will not feel enough love for his home in America and his family to return. Lyrical writing and stunning watercolor illustrations capture the emotions of an immigrant family.
Is It Any Good?
Descriptive words evoke a sense of Ethiopia many readers are unfamiliar with, yet give the homeland a character and realism. Author Jane Kurtz calls forth a loving picture of shepherds piping haunting songs of longing in the hills and a young boy who sleeps on the floor of his mother's home and thinks of the moon and stars as night-lights to comfort him. Kurtz brings the relationship of a father and daughter into the reader's life and cleverly guides the reader with haunting words and descriptive passages. Readers will feel the emotional tug along with Desta, who is being temporarily separated from her father.
Stunningly realistic illustrations evoke a rugged wild beauty of the homeland. They depict character expressions and landscapes that capture personality with the smallest of details -- like an upturned face, the placement of a hand on a blanket, or the love reflected in the characters' eyes. This poignant, gentle story will prompt many discussions to challenge and excite a child's imagination and will help them understand a world beyond their own.
Publisher’s Details
Publisher: Harcourt Brace, Publication date: 3/6/2000
Number of pages: 29, Price: $16.00 (hardcover)
Read Aloud: 4-6, Read Alone: 6-8
Number of pages: 29, Price: $16.00 (hardcover)
Read Aloud: 4-6, Read Alone: 6-8
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