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I am the son of a refugee, but that is not the reason why I wrote Child I.When I was a child I was a recipient of free school dinners, and charity bags full of toys and suchlike at Christmastime. We were a charity case and I had a foreign-sounding name – Tasane – and difficulty speaking English well. But in some ways, the worst thing of all, was that my father then deserted me and my three brothers, and my mother. We were a broken home. I hated being a 'broken' child.I grew up intensely envious of my friends who had a father. I grew up feeling the same otherness that my father must have felt as a refugee arriving in the UK. Child I is not my story. But it draws together the links between my own shattered upbringing and that of young refugee children growing up in today’s crisis-defined world. Nothing has really changed. We just want to belong. We just want to not be hungry. We just want to be able to laugh and play. We want to be.And that is why I wrote Child I.
Child I
Child I is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Faber & Faber.
1 month ago
Explaining what's going on in the world and the news can be difficult, particularly to children. Child I can help you find the right words to use. By Steve Tasane from Faber & Faber.
6 months ago
Child I is a great book by Steve Tasane from Faber & Faber
7 months ago
You should read Child I by Steve Tasane. Published by Faber & Faber.
5 years ago
Child I by Steve Tasane from Faber & Faber is brilliant!
Could there be a better time to read Child I by Steve Tasane.
Out now! Child I by Steve Tasane, illustrated by Steve Tasane. Published by Faber & Faber.
6 years ago
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