Ferris Wheel

This book took my breath away and left me quietly holding its feelings for a long time.

In parallel stories, we watch a mother and son leave for a better day, while a father and daughter leave for a better life. Almost every line is echoed, but the weight of those words deepens, and the worries grow heavier, taking on an entirely new meaning in the father and daughter’s journey. That quiet shift in magnitude is deeply moving. Layered with symbolism, the fish that appears on each page becomes a seed of longing and hope; something that grows with every page. It is a gentle reminder of what is left behind and what is being carried forward in the heart.

In the back matter, the author says, “…𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

This is a powerful choice for any migration unit. It’s one of those rare picture books that speaks to children in kindergarten and students all the way through Grade 12.

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